Corpora amylacea in hippocampal sclerosis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-515

  Van Paesschen, Wim ^a,c   Revesz, Tamas ^b   Duncan, John S ^a  

^a Epilepsy Research Group   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corpora amylacea; Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; Neuronal density

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOID BODY; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030864493     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.4.513     Document Type: Article

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