Seizure-associated abnormalities in epilepsy: Evidence from MR imaging

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 760-766

  Briellmann, Regula S ^a,c   Wellard, R Mark ^a   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b,c  

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

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Seizures

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INOSITOL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 18244397928     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.47604.x     Document Type: Review

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