Degree of left hippocampal atrophy correlates with severity of neuropsychological deficits

Seizure

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-218

  Kilpatrick, Christine ^a   Murrie, Vanessa ^a   Cook, Mark ^c   Andrewes, David ^b   Desmond, Patricia ^a   Hopper, John ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Australian Computing and Communications Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hippocampal atrophy; Neuropsychology deficits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030791140     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(97)80008-8     Document Type: Article

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