Hippocampal atrophy, epilepsy duration, and febrile seizures in patients with partial seizures

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 132-136

  Theodore, William H ^a,c   Bhatia, S ^a   Hatta, J ^a   Fazilat, S ^a   DeCarli, C ^a   Bookheimer, S Y ^a   Gaillard, W D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0032947306     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.1.132     Document Type: Article

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