MRI-identified pathology in adults with new-onset seizures

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 920-927

  Hakami, Tahir ^a,c,e   McIntosh, Anne ^a,c,d   Todaro, Marian ^a   Lui, Elaine ^a   Yerra, Raju ^a   Tan, K Meng ^a   French, Chris ^a   Li, Simon ^a   Desmond, Patricia ^b   Matkovic, Zelko ^c   O'Brien, Terence J ^a,c  

^a Melbourne Brain Centre   (Australia)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884661266     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a35193     Document Type: Article

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