White matter abnormalities in the anterior temporal lobe suggest the side of the seizure foci in temporal lobe epilepsy

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 460-464

  Adachi, Yuko ^a   Yagishita, A ^a   Arai, N ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer Detection Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Corticomedullary junction; Ectopic neuron; Microdysgenesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33745621314     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0092-1     Document Type: Review

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