Implications of neuroimaging for the treatment of epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 286-288

  Theodore, William H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0037372542     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10516     Document Type: Editorial

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