Entorhinal cortex in temporal lobe epilepsy: A quantitative MRI study

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1870-1876

  Bernasconi, N ^a   Bernasconi, A ^b   Andermann, F ^b   Dubeau, F ^b   Feindel, W ^b   Reutens, D C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0032974804     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.9.1870     Document Type: Article

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