Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Hippocampal Formation in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1857-1862

  Assaf, Bassam A ^a   Mohamed, Feroze B ^a   Abou Khaled, Karine J ^a   Williams, J Michael ^a   Yazeji, May S ^a   Haselgrove, John ^b   Faro, Scott H ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MS 308 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0142040653     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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