Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026
· Cape Town, South Africa
662-01-002
ISMRM Abstract
Interstitial fluid properties relate to sleep duration in childhood absence epilepsy
Primary:
Neuro - Epilepsy
Secondary:
Neuro - Neurofluids
662-01-002 · Advanced Quantitative and Diffusion MRI for Epilepsy: From Lesion Detection to Clinical Translation
· Thursday, 14 May, 8:30 AM–9:25 AM · Digital Posters Row C
Gerhard S Drenthen 1, Monica Balog1, Sylvia Klinkenberg2, Mariette H Debeij-Van Hall3, Jeroen Vermeulen2, Twan P Voncken2, Walter H Backes1, Jacobus F Jansen1
1Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Maastricht, Netherlands
2Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Maastricht, Netherlands
3Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, Heeze, The Netherlands, Heeze, Netherlands
Presenting Author: Gerhard S Drenthen
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