Magnetic resonance imaging evidence of hippocampal sclerosis in asymptomatic, first-degree relatives of patients with familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1891-1894

  Kobayashi, Eliane ^a   Li, Li M ^a   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0036894830     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.59.12.1891     Document Type: Article

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