Temporal lobe hypogenesis associated with arachnoid cyst in patients with epilepsy

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 2 B, 2003, Pages 327-329

  Kobayashi, Eliane ^a,b   Bonilha, Leonardo ^a,b   Li, Li M ^a,b   Cendes, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b São Paulo Research Foundation   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortical development malformation; Hippocampal dysgenesis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Partial epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE HYPOPLASIA;

EID: 0037490650     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2003000300001     Document Type: Article

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