Temporal lobe microdysgenesis in epilepsy versus control brains

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-28

  Kasper, Burkhard S ^a   Stefan, Hermann ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Paulus, Werner ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammon's horn sclerosis; Dysplasia; Epilepsy; Microdysgenesis; Oligodendroglia; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0032941258     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199901000-00003     Document Type: Article

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