Bottom-of-sulcus dysplasia: Imaging features

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 881-885

  Hofman, Paul A M ^a,b,c   Fitt, Gregory J ^d   Harvey, A Simon ^e   Kuzniecky, Ruben I ^f   Jackson, Graeme ^a,d,g  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain; Cortical dysplasia; Epilepsy; Focal cortical malformation; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTTOM OF SULCUS DYSPLASIA; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79957833607     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4423     Document Type: Article

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