Topographic distribution of seizure onset and hippocampal atrophy: Relationship between MRI and depth EEG

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 692-697

  King, David ^a,b   Bronen, Richard A ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a   Spencer, Susan S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth EEG; Hippocampus; Mesial temporal sclerosis; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031458538     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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