Total cerebral volume is reduced in patients with localization-related epilepsy and a history of complex febrile seizures

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 250-252

  Theodore, William H ^a   DeCarli, Charles ^a   Gaillard, William D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0037322234     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.2.250     Document Type: Article

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