Focal transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum in three non-epileptic patients

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 731-735

  da Rocha, Antônio José ^a   Reis, Fabiano ^b   Gama, Hugo Pereira Pinto ^a   da Silva, Carlos Jorge ^a   Braga, Flávio Túlio ^a   Júnior, Antônio Carlos Martins Maia ^c   Cendes, Fernando ^b  

^a Fleury   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug toxicity; Corpus callosum; Demyelination; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GADOLINIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; PHENYTOIN; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHENYTOIN; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 33749347074     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0116-x     Document Type: Article

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