Microstructural Changes in Absence Seizure Children: A Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

• Main Authors: Jao-Shwann Liang (Author), Shiou-Ping Lee (Author), Benjamin Pulli (Author), John W. Chen (Author), Sheng-Chuan Kao (Author), Yuk-Ming Tsang (Author), Kevin Li-Chun Hsieh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Absence seizures are a subtype of epileptic seizures clinically characterized by transient alterations in states of consciousness and by electroencephalography indicating diffuse spike-wave discharges (SWD). Conventional brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not routinely used to establish the d...