Hippocampal alterations in children with temporal lobe epilepsy with or without a history of febrile convulsions: Evaluations with MR volumetry and proton MR spectroscopy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1270-1275

  Wu, Wen Chau ^a,c   Huang, Chao Ching ^d   Chung, Hsiao Wen ^a,c   Liou, Michelle ^b   Hsueh, Chun Jen ^a   Lee, Chang Shin ^a   Wu, Ming Long ^c   Chen, Cheng Yu ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC RATE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEIZURE; SKULL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 33644819433     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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