Right hippocampal sclerosis is more common than left after febrile seizures

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1209-1210

  Janszky, J ^a,b   Woermann, F G ^b   Barsi, P ^a   Schulz, R ^b   Halasz P ^a   Ebner, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0037426449     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000052823.29467.A0     Document Type: Article

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