Major white matter fiber changes in medically intractable neocortical epilepsy in children: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 211-220

  Kim, H ^a   Harrison, A ^a   Kankirawatana, P ^a   Rozzelle, C ^a   Blount, J ^a   Torgerson, C ^a   Knowlton, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Epilepsy surgery; Epileptogenic zone; Focal cortical dysplasia; Pediatric neocortical epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; BILATERAL INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOCAL NEOCORTICAL EPILEPSY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84873093831     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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