The pathological basis of temporal lobe epilepsy in childhood

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-195

  Bocti, C ^b   Robitaille, Y ^b   Diadori, P ^b   Lortie, A ^b   Mercier, C ^b   Bouthillier, A ^b   Carmant, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0037469174     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000044055.73747.9F     Document Type: Article

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