Is ictal recording mandatory in temporal lobe epilepsy? Not when the interictal electroencephalogram and hippocampal atrophy coincide

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 497-500

  Cendes, Fernando ^a,c   Li, Li M ^a   Watson, Craig ^b   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Dubeau, François ^a   Arnold, Douglas L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0034041862     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.57.4.497     Document Type: Article

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