Voxel-based morphometry of sporadic epileptic patients with mesiotemporal sclerosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 506-510

  Labate, Angelo ^a,b   Cerasa, Antonio ^b   Aguglia, Umberto ^c   Mumoli, Laura ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b   Gambardella, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mild TLE; MRI; Severe temporal lobe epilepsy; Voxel based morphometry study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951655343     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02310.x     Document Type: Article

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