Diffusion tensor imaging in patients with focal epilepsy due to cortical dysplasia in the temporo-occipital region: Electro-clinico-pathological correlations

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-187

  Diehl, B ^b   Tkach, J ^c   Piao, Z ^a   Ruggieri, P ^a   LaPresto, E ^a   Liu, P ^a   Fisher, E ^a   Bingaman, W ^a   Najm, I ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Ictal onset seizure propagation; Invasive recordings; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77955052633     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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