Diffusion tensor imaging in polymicrogyria: A report of three cases

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 422-427

  Trivedi, R ^a   Gupta, R K ^a   Hasan, K M ^b   Hou, P ^b   Prasad, K N ^a   Narayana, P A ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Polymicrogyria

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 33745255666     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0075-2     Document Type: Article

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