Diffusion and volumetry abnormalities in subcortical nuclei of patients with absence seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1092-1099

  Luo, Cheng ^a   Xia, Yang ^a   Li, Qifu ^b,c   Xue, Kaiqing ^a   Lai, Yongxiu ^a   Gong, Qiyong ^b   Zhou, Dong ^b   Yao, Dezhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Basal ganglia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; THALAMUS;

EID: 79958780813     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03045.x     Document Type: Article

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