Bilateral reductions in hippocampal volume in adults with epilepsy and a history of febrile seizures

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 461-467

  Barr, William B ^a,b   Ashtari, Manzar ^a   Schaul, Neil ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Febrile seizures; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0030767686     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.4.461     Document Type: Article

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