Neuroimaging findings in children with benign focal epileptiform discharges

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 91-98

  Sarkis, Rani ^a   Wyllie, Elaine ^a   Burgess, Richard C ^a   Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes; Benign rolandic epilepsy; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN FOCAL EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953535969     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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