Focal seizure-induced premature myelination: speculation from serial MRI.
Local changes in the white matter underlying a focus of cortical thickening were monitored using MRI in an epileptic 2-month-old boy. We hypothesise that these changes reflected seizure-induced premature myelination.
Duprez
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Department of Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaire Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium. duprez@rdgn.ucl.ac.be
Ghariani
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Grandin
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Smith
A M
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Gadisseux
J F
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Evrard
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D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000473:pathology*; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000473:pathology*