Febrile seizures and mesial temporal sclerosis: No association in a long-term follow-up study

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-218

  Tarkka, R ^b   Paakko E ^b   Pyhtinen, J ^b   Uhari, M ^b   Rantala, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0037469214     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000037482.55894.B1     Document Type: Article

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