Magnetic resonance imaging in 120 patients with intractable partial seizures: A preoperative assessment

Neuroradiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 352-361

  Lefkopoulos, A ^a   Haritanti, A ^a   Papadopoulou, E ^a   Karanikolas, D ^a   Fotiadis, N ^a   Dimitriadis, A S ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; MRI; Refractory seizures

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 23644436347     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-005-1360-1     Document Type: Article

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