Cortical pathology in multiple sclerosis patients with epilepsy: A 3 year longitudinal study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-54

  Calabrese, M ^a   Grossi, P ^a   Favaretto, A ^a   Romualdi, C ^b   Atzori, M ^a   Rinaldi, F ^a   Perini, P ^a   Saladini, M ^a   Gallo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84155172356     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-300414     Document Type: Article

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