Temporal lobe epilepsy caused by mesial temporal sclerosis and temporal neocortical lesions: A clinical and electroencephalographic study of 46 pathologically proven cases

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2133-2143

  O'Brien, Terence J ^a,b   Kilpatrick, Christine ^a   Murrie, Vanessa ^c   Vogrin, Simon ^b   Morris, Kevin ^c   Cook, Mark J ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Australian Computing and Communications Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Neocortical foreign tissue lesions; Neocortical temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030480781     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.6.2133     Document Type: Article

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