Progression in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 553-556

  Sutula, Thomas P ^a   Hermann, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

BRAIN ATROPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0032913950     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199905)45:5<553::AID-ANA1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Editorial

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