Prognostic value of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging for surgical outcome in patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy and bilateral hippocampal atrophy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-200

  Li, L M ^a   Cendes, F ^a   Antel, S B ^a   Andermann, F ^a   Serles, W ^a   Dubeau, F ^a   Olivier, A ^a   Arnold, D L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CREATINE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033951967     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200002)47:2<195::AID-ANA9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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