Frequency of unilateral and bilateral mesial temporal sclerosis in primary and secondary epilepsy: A forensic autopsy study

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-341

  Rushing, Elisabeth J ^a   Barnard, Jeffrey J ^b   Bigio, Eileen H ^a   Eagan, Kathleen P ^a   White III, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epileptogenesis; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Seizure activity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031406615     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199712000-00004     Document Type: Article

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