A Six-Year Follow-Up MRI Study of Complicated Early Childhood Convulsion

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-260

  Farrow, Tom F D ^a   Dickson, Jon M ^a   Grünewald, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; REPEAT PROCEDURE;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 33748701844     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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