Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of brain biopsies from patients with intractable epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-217

  Aasly, J ^a   Silfvenius, H ^c   Aas, T C ^b   Sonnewald, U ^b   Olivecrona, M ^c   Juul, R ^a   White, L R ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AED; Brain; Epilepsy; GABA; N acetyl aspartate; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; ALANINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 0032994302     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(99)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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