Hippocampal volume in children with temporal lobe epilepsy compared to healthy children : A magnetic resonance imaging study

Neurology India

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Zhang, Yu Zhen ^a   Li, Wen Hua ^a   Gao, Yu ^a   Li, Yu Hua ^a   Wu, Jie ^a   Li, Wen Bin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hippocampal volume; hippocampus; magnetic resonance imaging; temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT T TEST; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84859165398     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.93585     Document Type: Article

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