Hippocampal sclerosis studied in identical twins

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-84

  Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b   McIntosh, Anne M ^a   Briellmann, Regula S ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TWINS;

EID: 0031816922     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.1.78     Document Type: Article

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