MRI abnormality of the pulvinar in patients with status epilepticus

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 220-226

  Ohe, Yasuko ^a   Hayashi, Takeshi ^a   Deguchi, Ichiro ^a   Fukuoka, Takuya ^a   Horiuchi, Yousuke ^a   Maruyama, Hajime ^a   Kato, Yuji ^a   Nagoya, Harumithu ^a   Uchino, Akira ^a   Tanahashi, Norio ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRI abnormality; Pulvinar; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULVINAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULVINAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84922422061     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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