A longitudinal MRI study in children with Rasmussen syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 282-288

  Kim, Sun Jun ^a   Park, Yong D ^a   Pillai, Jay J ^a   Lee, Mark R ^a   Smith, Joseph R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036809811     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00437-X     Document Type: Article

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