MR imaging in epilepsy that is refractory to medical therapy

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 549-558

  Cakirer S ^a,b   Basak M ^a   Mutlu, A ^a   Galip, G M ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYGYRIA; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036517402     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300101036     Document Type: Review

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