Developmental anomalies of the medial septal area: Possible implication for limbic epileptogenesis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 765-770

  Iannetti, Paola ^a   Papetti, Laura ^a   Nicita, Francesco ^a   Castronovo, Antonella ^a   Ursitti, Fabiana ^a   Parisi, Pasquale ^b   Spalice, Alberto ^a   Verrotti, Alberto ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

DTI fiber tracking; Epilepsy; Fornix; Limbic system; Septum pellucidum

Indexed keywords

TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CAVUM SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FORNIX, BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 79955552914     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1322-8     Document Type: Article

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