Recent advances in imaging epilepsy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1019, 2010, Pages 552-559

  Craven, Ian ^a   Kotsarini, Christina ^b   Hoggard, Nigel ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 77956911638     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.089136     Document Type: Review

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