Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 1290-1298 , November 2010

White matter abnormalities in children and adolescents with temporal lobe epilepsy

  • Lu Meng

      Affiliations

    • MEG Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
    • Key Laboratory of Medical Image Computing of Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Neurology, MLC 2015, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA. Tel.: +1 513 636 6641; fax: +1 513 636 1888.
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  • Jing Xiang

      Affiliations

    • MEG Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
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  • Rupesh Kotecha

      Affiliations

    • MEG Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
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  • Douglas Rose

      Affiliations

    • MEG Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
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  • Hong Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Medical Image Computing of Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China
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  • Dazhe Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Medical Image Computing of Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China
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  • Jinzhu Yang

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Medical Image Computing of Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China
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  • Ton Degrauw

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA

Received 30 September 2009 ,Revised 21 February 2010 ,Accepted 11 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.03.046

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 1290-1298 , November 2010

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