Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 475-478 , October 2010

Value of 3.0T MR imaging in refractory partial epilepsy and negative 1.5T MRI

  • Dang Khoa Nguyen

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, 1560 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, Québec, H2L 4M1, Canada. Tel.: +1 514 890 8237; fax: +1 514 412 7554.
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  • Émilie Rochette

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Canada
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  • Jean-Maxime Leroux

      Affiliations

    • Département de Radiologie, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Gilles Beaudoin

      Affiliations

    • Département de Radiologie, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Patrick Cossette

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Canada
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  • Maryse Lassonde

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Université de Montréal, Canada
    • Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste-Justine Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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  • François Guilbert

      Affiliations

    • Département de Radiologie, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Université de Montréal, Canada

Received 1 February 2010 ,Accepted 1 July 2010.

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PII: S1059-1311(10)00147-0

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.07.002

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 475-478 , October 2010

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