Thalamus lesions in chronic and acute seizure disorders

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-254

  Tschampa, Henriette J ^a   Greschus, Susanne ^a   Sassen, Robert ^a   Bien, Christian G ^a   Urbach, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; POLG; Pulvinar; Status epilepticus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; THALAMUS LESION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORNIX, BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954421597     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0734-1     Document Type: Article

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