Gender and hemispheric differences in temporal lobe epilepsy: A VBM study

Seizure

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 274-279

  Santana, Maria Teresa Castilho Garcia ^a   Jackowski, Andrea Parolin ^a   Britto, Fernanda Dos Santos ^a   Sandim, Gabriel Barbosa ^a   Caboclo, Luís Otávio Sales Ferreira ^a   Centeno, Ricardo Silva ^a   Carrete, Henrique ^a   Yacubian, Elza Márcia Targas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gender; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEFT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897107444     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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