title: MRI of childhood epilepsy due to inborn errors of metabolism.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this pictorial essay is to classify epilepsy syndromes due to inborn errors of metabolism according to age at onset and type of seizure and to show the MRI features of many of the syndromes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Epilepsy syndromes due to inborn errors of metabolism are rare, but it is important to detect them at an early stage because some are treatable. MRI is an important tool in the assessment of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
authors.forename: Bejoy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Nasser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al Dossary
authors.forename: Elysa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Widjaja
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D020739:Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male