Automated 3D MRI volumetry reveals regional atrophy differences in Rasmussen encephalitis

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 613-621

  Wagner, Jan ^a,b   Schoene Bake, Jan Christoph ^a,b   Bien, Christian G ^a,c   Urbach, Horst ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a,b   Weber, Bernd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Life and Brain Center   (Germany)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Epilepsy; Hemispheric ratio; Immunotherapy; Motricity index

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIFACIAL ATROPHY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859435901     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03396.x     Document Type: Article

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