Bilateral medial temporal lobe damage without amnesic syndrome: A case report

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-161

  Henke, Katharina ^a   Wieser, Heinz Gregor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Amygdalohippocampectomy; Bilateral; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INJURY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030199774     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(96)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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