White matter density is increased in patients with hypothalamic hamartoma and multiple seizure types

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 212-215

  Losey, T E ^a   Beeman, S C ^b   Ng, Y T ^b   Kerrigan, J F ^b   Baxter, L C ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epileptogenesis; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GRAY MATTER; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79251611195     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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