Amygdala atrophy and seizure outcome after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1502-1504

  Ho, S S ^a   Consalvo, D ^a   Gilliam, F ^a   Faught, E ^a   Bilir, E ^a   Morawetz, R ^a   Kuzniecky, Ruben I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031798081     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1502     Document Type: Article

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