Significance of fornix atrophy in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery outcome

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1238-1242

  Burneo, Jorge G ^b   Bilir, Erhan ^b   Faught, Edward ^b   Morawetz, Richard ^b   Knowlton, Robert C ^b   Martin, Roy ^b   Kuzniecky, Ruben I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC AURA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FORNIX (BRAIN); FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042922471     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.9.1238     Document Type: Article

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