Temporal changes in brain MRI findings in Rasmussen syndrome

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-239

  Yamazaki, Etsuko ^a   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^a,b   Akasaka, Noriyuki ^c   Fujiwara, Tateki ^a   Inoue, Yushi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemispherectomy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rasmussen syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HIGH INTENSITY BRAIN DAMAGE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856399314     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2011.0464     Document Type: Article

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