The value of interictal diffusion-weighted imaging in lateralizing temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-127

  Wehner, T ^a   LaPresto, E ^a   Tkach, J ^a,b   Liu, P ^a   Bingaman, W ^a   Prayson, R A ^a   Ruggieri, P ^a   Diehl, B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846047484     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000250337.40309.3d     Document Type: Article

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