Occurrence of hippocampal sclerosis: Is one hemisphere or gender more vulnerable?

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1816-1820

  Briellmann, Regula S ^a   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b   Mitchell, L Anne ^b,c   Fitt, Greg J ^b,c   Sung E, Kim ^d   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a  

^a Brain Imaging Research Institute Department of Neurology   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gender; Hippocampal sclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0032804622     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01604.x     Document Type: Article

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