Clinical significance of isolated hippocampal volume asymmetry in childhood epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1503-1506

  Major, P ^a   Decarie J C ^b   Nadeau, A ^a   Diadori, P ^a   Lortie, A ^a   Nguyen, D ^c   Cossette, P ^a,c   Carmant, Lionel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPAL ASYMMETRY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 7044250889     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000142079.79612.CB     Document Type: Article

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