MRI volumetry of the thalamus in temporal, extratemporal, and idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1296-1300

  Natsume, Jun ^b   Bernasconi, Neda ^b   Andermann, Frederick ^b   Bernasconi, Andrea ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037461312     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000058764.34968.C2     Document Type: Article

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