White-matter diffusion abnormalities in temporal-lobe epilepsy with and without mesial temporal sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 312-319

  Concha, L ^a   Beaulieu, C ^a   Collins, D L ^b   Gross, D W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; ORGAN SIZE; SCLEROSIS; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549136066     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.139287     Document Type: Article

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