Histologically confirmed hippocampal structural features revealed by 3T MR imaging: Potential to increase diagnostic specificity of mesial temporal sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1682-1689

  Howe, K L ^a   Dimitri, D ^b   Heyn, C ^a   Kiehl, T R ^b   Mikulis, D ^a   Valiante, Taufik A ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958615268     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2154     Document Type: Article

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