Periictal diffusion-weighted imaging in a case of lesional epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1667-1671

  Diehl, B ^a,b   Najm, I ^a   Ruggieri, P ^a   Foldvary, N ^a   Mohamed, A ^a   Tkach, J ^a   Morris, H ^a   Barnett, G ^a   Fisher, E ^a   Duda, J ^a   Luders H O ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Box 655 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HUMANS;

EID: 0032753987     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02056.x     Document Type: Article

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