MRI volumetry and T2 relaxometry of the amygdala in newly diagnosed and chronic temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-50

  Kälviäinen, Reetta ^a   Salmenperä, Tuuli ^a   Partanen, Kaarina ^a   Vainio, Pauli ^a   Riekkinen Sr , Paavo ^b   Pitkänen, Asia ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Neuronal damage; Seizure; T2 relaxation time; Volumetric measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 17144473425     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(97)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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