MRI reveals structural abnormalities in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 848-852

  Betting, L E ^a   Mory, S B ^a   Lopes Cendes, I ^a   Li, L M ^a   Guerreiro, M M ^a   Guerreiro, C A M ^a   Cendes, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 33748696025     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000233886.55203.bd     Document Type: Article

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