Voxel-based morphometry in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies

NeuroImage

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 498-502

  Betting, Luiz Eduardo ^a   Mory, Susana Barreto ^a   Li, Li Min ^a   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^b   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a   Guerreiro, Carlos A M ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a Departments of Neurology and Medical Genetics   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; MRI; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHORISTOMA; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; THALAMUS;

EID: 33746671889     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.04.174     Document Type: Article

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