Thalamic atrophy in childhood absence epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 399-405

  Chan, Chow Huat ^a   Briellmann, Regula S ^a   Pell, Gaby S ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^b,c   Abbott, David F ^a,c   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,c  

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

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood absence epilepsy; Thalamus; Volume

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSENCEPHALON; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 33645281956     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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