Incidence and clinical profile of extra-medial-temporal epilepsy with hippocampal atrophy

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-102

  Nam, Hyunwoo ^a   Lee, Sang Kun ^a,b   Chung, Chun Kee ^a   Hong, Keun Sik ^a   Chang, Kee Hyun ^a   Lee, Dong Soo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Clinical Characteristics; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe; Extra medial temporal Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035257842     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2001.16.1.95     Document Type: Article

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