Hippocampal T2 abnormalities in healthy adults

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-276

  Sumar, Imran ^c   Kosior, Robert K ^a,b,c   Frayne, Richard ^a,b,c   Federico, Paolo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; MRI; T2 relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOXEL BASED RELAXOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960382064     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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