Transneuronal degeneration in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: Evaluation by MR imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2180-2185

  Kodama, Fumiko ^a   Ogawa, Toshihide ^a   Sugihara, Shuji ^a   Kamba, Masayuki ^a   Kohaya, Norimasa ^a   Kondo, Shinji ^a   Kinoshita, Toshibumi ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; Limbic system; MR imaging; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Transneuronal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FORNIX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042828933     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-1875-y     Document Type: Article

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