Hippocampal MRI signal hyperintensity after febrile status epilepticus is predictive of subsequent mesial temporal sclerosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 976-983

  Provenzale, James M ^a   Barboriak, Daniel P ^a   VanLandingham, Kevan ^a   MacFall, James ^a   Delong, David ^a   Lewis, Darrell V ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Mesial temporal sclerosis; MRI; Pediatric imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 42449113915     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2407     Document Type: Article

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