Cortical and hippocampal volume deficits in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 576-587

  Marsh, Laura ^a,b   Morrell, Martha J ^a   Shear, Paula K ^a,c   Sullivan, Edith V ^a,d   Freeman, Hope ^a   Marie, Ariane ^a   Lim, Kelvin O ^a,b   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal Lobe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030991260     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01143.x     Document Type: Article

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