Postictal blood-brain barrier breakdown on contrast-enhanced MRI

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 302-303

  Alvarez, Vincent ^a   Maeder, Philippe ^b   Rossetti, Andrea O ^c  

^a Service de Neurologie   (Switzerland)

^b Unité de Neuroradiologie

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GAZE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CONTRAST MEDIA; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 75749083318     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.12.025     Document Type: Letter

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