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Other Epilepsy-Associated Diseases and Differential Diagnoses

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MRI in Epilepsy

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This chapter summarizes (1) rare diseases with epilepsy as the core feature and a specific MRI pattern, (2) common diseases with specific clinical features but without epilepsy as the core feature, and (3) MRI changes associated with antiepileptic drug therapy.

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Urbach, H. (2013). Other Epilepsy-Associated Diseases and Differential Diagnoses. In: Urbach, H. (eds) MRI in Epilepsy. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2012_750

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