Hippocampal sclerosis in a two-year-old with temporal lobe epilepsy: Case report with pathological confirmation

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 316-320

  Kanos, Charles C ^a   Davies, Keith G ^a,c   O'Brien, Thomas ^b   Dohan Jr , F Curtis ^b  

^a BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0033832496     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028960     Document Type: Article

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