Transient postictal MRI changes in patients with brain tumors may mimic disease progression

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-250

  Finn, Michael A ^a   Blumenthal, Deborah T ^a   Salzman, Karen L ^a   Jensen, Randy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Seizure; Tumor

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MENINX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847021522     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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