Standard magnetic resonance imaging is inadequate for patients with refractory focal epilepsy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 643-647

  Von Oertzen, Joachim ^a   Urbach, H ^a   Jungbluth, S ^a   Kurthen, M ^a   Reuber, M ^a   Fernandez G ^a   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036904688     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.73.6.643     Document Type: Article

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