The electroclinical-imagiological spectrum and long-term outcome of transient periictal MRI abnormalities

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 240-252

  Canas, Nuno ^a,b   Breia, Paula ^c   Soares, Pedro ^a   Saraiva, Paulo ^c   Calado, Sofia ^a,d   Jordão, Constança ^a   Vale, José ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Outcome; Pathophysiology; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT PERIICTAL MRI ABNORMALITY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957021287     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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