Diffusion-weighted imaging: can it play a role in the evaluation of patients with epilepsy?

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Andres M Kanner. Epilepsy Curr. 2006 Jul-Aug.

. 2006 Jul-Aug;6(4):121-3.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2006.00118.x.

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Diffusion-weighted and perfusion MRI demonstrates parenchymal changes in complex partial status epilepticus.
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