Epilepsy as progressive disorders: What is the evidence that can guide our clinical decisions and how can neuroimaging help?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 313-321

  Coan, Ana C ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy progression; MRI; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84875235207     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.09.027     Document Type: Review

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