Medial temporal lobe epilepsy without hippocampal atrophy

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-297

  King, David ^a   Spencer, Susan S ^a   Bouthillier, Alain ^a   Jung, Kim ^a   De Lanerolle, Nihal ^a   Bronen, Richard A ^a,b   McCarthy, Gregory ^a   Luby, Marie ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; Outcome; Surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal Lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030450778     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(96)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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