Hippocampal sclerosis is a progressive disorder: A longitudinal volumetric MRI study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-416

  Fuerst, Darren ^a   Shah, Jagdish ^a   Shah, Aashit ^a   Watson, Craig ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0037371071     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10509     Document Type: Article

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