Auras and clinical features in temporal lobe epilepsy: A new approach on the basis of voxel-based morphometry

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 327-338

  Santana, Maria Teresa Castilho Garcia ^a   Jackowski, Andrea Parolin ^a   da Silva, Henrique Hattori ^a   Caboclo, Luis Otávio Sales Ferreira ^a   Centeno, Ricardo Silva ^a   Bressan, Rodrigo A ^a   Carrete, Henrique ^a   Yacubian, Elza Márcia Targas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Auras; Initial precipitating injury; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGING; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77951298543     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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