Entorhinal cortex atrophy in epilepsy patients exhibiting normal hippocampal volumes

Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1335-1339

  Bernasconi, N ^a   Bernasconi, A ^b   Caramanos, Z ^b   Dubeau, F ^b   Richardson, J ^b   Andermann, F ^b   Arnold, D L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0035933050     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.56.10.1335     Document Type: Article

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