Structural connectivity of the frontal lobe in children with drug-resistant partial epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-70

  Holt, Rebecca L ^a   Provenzale, James M ^a,b   Veerapandiyan, Aravindhan ^a   Moon, Won Jin ^a   De Bellis, Michael D ^a   Leonard, Soren ^a   Gallentine, William B ^a   Grant, Gerald A ^a   Egger, Helen ^a   Song, Allen W ^a,c   Mikati, Mohamad A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Duke University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Intractable; Pediatrics; Seizures; Superior longitudinal fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79955611139     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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