Abnormal cerebral structure in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy demonstrated with voxel-based analysis of MRI

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2101-2107

  Woermann, F G ^a   Free, S L ^a   Koepp, M J ^a   Sisodiya, S M ^a   Duncan, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; MRI; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROANATOMY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOCORTEX;

EID: 0032746626     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.11.2101     Document Type: Article

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