Hippocampal T2 abnormalities correlate with antecedent events and help predict seizure intractability

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3-5, 1999, Pages 200-206

  Jackson, G D ^a   Kim, S E ^b   Fitt, G J ^b   Mitchell, A L ^b   Syngeniotis, A ^b   Berkovic, S F ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Intractability; Magnetic resonance imaging; T2 relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0032755829     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017399     Document Type: Article

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