Diffusion tensor imaging abnormalities in focal cortical dysplasia

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-482

  Gross, Donald W ^a,c   Bastos, Alexandre ^b   Beaulieu, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL GOVERNADOR CELSO RAMOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 29044445457     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100004479     Document Type: Article

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