1H-MR spectroscopy: A promising method in distinguishing subgroups in temporal lobe epilepsy?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 21-25

  Hammen, Th ^a   Stefan, H ^a   Pauli, E ^a   Schafer I ^a   Huk, W ^a   Tomandl, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1H MRS; Lateral TLE; Mesial; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0142121413     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00174-6     Document Type: Article

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