Hippocampal volumetry in children 6 years or younger: Assessment of children with and without complex febrile seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Szabo C A ^a   Wyllie, E ^b   Siavalas, E L ^b   Najm, I ^b   Ruggieri, P ^b   Kotagal, P ^b   Luders H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex febrile seizures; Development; Hippocampal sclerosis; Hippocampal volumetry; MRI

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0033035484     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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