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- 03.8.11
Imaging Offers Greater Insight into Epilepsy
Advances in MRI have enabled better understanding for diagnosing epilepsy, while multimodality techniques allow for better information for surgery and post-surgery follow up, according to experts presenting at ECR 2011.The cause of epilepsy, a chronic nuerological disorder, is a mystery, but over the last 30 years, MRI advances have helped physicians determine a large number of underlying causes, particularly for intractable epilepsy, experts said.