Evaluation of MRI criteria (1.5T) for the diagnosis of hippocampal sclerosis in healthy subjects

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 349-354

  Menzler, K ^a   Iwinska Zelder, J ^a   Shiratori, K ^a   Jaeger, R K ^a   Oertel, W H ^a   Hamer, H M ^a   Rosenow, F ^a   Knake, S ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammons horn sclerosis; Mesiotemporal sclerosis; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 77951299106     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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