Voxel-based morphometry evaluation of patients with photosensitive juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 138-145

  Lin, Katia ^a   Jackowski, Andrea Parolin ^a   Carrete, Henrique ^a   de Araújo Filho, Gerardo Maria ^a   Silva, Henrique Hattori ^a   Guaranha, Mirian Salvadori Bittar ^a   Guilhoto, Laura Maria Figueiredo Ferreira ^a   Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca ^a   Yacubian, Elza Márcia Targas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Photosensitivity; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOPHOBIA;

EID: 70349631183     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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