Abnormalities of hippocampal signal intensity in patients with familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 827-832

  Coan, A C ^a   Kobayashi, E ^a   Lopes Cendes, I ^a   Li, L M ^a   Cendes, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Hippocampal signal abnormalities; Hippocampal volumetry; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 3042525481     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000600007     Document Type: Article

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