The role of the temporal pole in the genesis of temporal lobe seizures

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Kahane, Philippe ^a   Chabardès, Stephan ^a   Minotti, Lorella ^a   Hoffmann, Dominique ^a   Benabid, Alim Louis ^a   Munari, Claudio ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; Stereo EEGamygdala; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal pole

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036390724     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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