Relations between EEG seizure morphology, interhemispheric spread, and mesial temporal atrophy in bitemporal epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1300-1314

  Spanedda, F ^a,b   Cendes, F ^a   Gotman, J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interhemispheric spread; Mesial atrophy; Seizure morphology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031440415     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb00068.x     Document Type: Article

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