The value of repeat neuroimaging for epilepsy at a tertiary referral centre: 16 years of experience

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-355

  Winston, Gavin P ^a   Micallef, Caroline ^b   Kendell, Brian E ^b   Bartlett, Philippa A ^a   Williams, Elaine J ^a   Burdett, Jane L ^a   Duncan, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Refractory epilepsy; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EPILEPSY SURGERY; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; REFRACTORY EPILEPSY; STRUCTURAL MRI;

ADULT; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84880039884     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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