Temporal lobe epilepsy: A clinicopathological study with special reference to temporal neocortical changes

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 84-89

  Nishio, Shunji ^a   Morioka, Takato ^b   Hisada, Kei ^b   Fukui, Masashi ^b  

^a Kyushu University ^*  (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral microdysgenesis; Hippocampal Sclerosis; Histopathology; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033949792     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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