Pseudotemporal vs neocortical temporal epilepsy: Things aren't always where they seem to be

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 732-733

  Andermann, Frederick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0141430882     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.61.6.732     Document Type: Editorial

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