Abnormal white matter on diffusion tensor imaging in children with new-onset seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 105-111

  Widjaja, E ^a   Kis, A ^a   Go, C ^a   Raybaud, C ^a   Snead, O C ^a   Smith, M L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; New onset seizures; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NEW ONSET SEIZURE; PARIETAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84875488709     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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