The role of neuroimaging in the investigation of patients with single seizures, febrile seizures, or refractory partial seizures

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Bonilha, Leonardo ^a   Montenegro, Maria Augusta ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a   Li, Li M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Neuroimaging; Partial refractory epilepsy; Single seizures

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1542721013     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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