Diffusion mapping applied to mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Preliminary observations

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-176

  Hugg, James W ^a,c   Butterworth, Edward J ^c   Kuzniecky, Ruben I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0033551505     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.1.173     Document Type: Article

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