Is Rolandic epilepsy associated with abnormal findings on cranial MRI?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 180-185

  Boxerman, Jerrold L ^a   Hawash, Karameh ^b   Bali, Bhavna ^c   Clarke, Tara ^c   Rogg, Jeffrey ^a   Pal, Deb K ^c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Migraine; MRI abnormality; Pediatric; Rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY;

BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; SEIZURES;

EID: 34447269696     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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