Clinical patterns of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and pure amygdalar atrophy

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-461

  Guerreiro, C ^a,b   Cendes, F ^a,b   Li, L M ^a   Jones Gotman, M ^a   Andermann, F ^a   Dubeau, F ^a   Piazzini, A ^a   Feindel, W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0032963594     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00740.x     Document Type: Article

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