Hippocampal cell distributions in temporal lobe epilepsy: A comparison between patients with and without an early risk factor

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 440-449

  O'Connor, William M ^a   Masukawa, Leona ^a,b   Freese, Andrew ^a,b   Sperling, Michael R ^a,b   French, Jacqueline A ^b   O'Connor, Michael J ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell loss; Epilepsy; Fascia dentata; Hilus; Hippocampus; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CELL COUNT; COMORBIDITY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEURONS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0029944724     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00589.x     Document Type: Article

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