Anterior temporal changes on MR images of children with hippocampal sclerosis: An effect of seizures on the immature brain?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1670-1677

  Mitchell, L Anne ^a,b,c,d   Harvey, A Simon ^a,b,d   Coleman, Lee T ^a   Mandelstam, Simone A ^a   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b,c,d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MYELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MATURATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMATURITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PREVALENCE; TEMPORAL ATROPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0141743582     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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