Combined measurements of hippocampal N-acetyl-aspartate and T2 relaxation time in the evaluation of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Correlation with clinical severity and memory performances

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1424-1432

  Namer, I J ^a   Bolo, N R ^b   Sellal, F ^c   Nguyen, V H ^c   Nedelec, J F ^b   Hirsch, E ^c   Marescaux, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b FORENAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic spectroscopy; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCLEROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032820824     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02015.x     Document Type: Article

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