Usefulness of Single Voxel Proton MR Spectroscopy in the Evaluation of Hippocampal Sclerosis

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Chang, Kee Hyun ^a,b,c   Kim, Hong Dae ^a   Park, Sun Won ^a   Song, In Chan ^b   Yu, In Kyu ^a   Han, Moon Hee ^a,b,c   Lee, Sang Kun ^a,c   Chung, Chun Kee ^a,c   Park, Yang Hee ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d National Police Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain, epilepsy; Brain, MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; SCLEROSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033757092     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2000.1.1.25     Document Type: Article

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