Reduced cortical thickness in children with new-onset seizures

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 673-677

  Widjaja, E ^a   Zarei Mahmoodabadi, S ^a   Go, C ^a   Raybaud, C ^a   Chuang, S ^a   Snead, O C ^a   Smith, M L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEIZURES;

EID: 84860239030     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2982     Document Type: Article

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