Diffusion-weighted imaging abnormalities in the splenium after seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 852-854

  Oster, Joel ^a   Doherty, Colin ^a   Grant, P Ellen ^a   Simon, Mirela ^a   Cole, Andrew J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Splenium

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0038644452     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.40902.x     Document Type: Article

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