Relationship between mesial temporal seizure focus and elevated serum prolactin in temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 528-532

  Lin, Y Y ^a,b   Su, M S ^a,b   Yiu, C H ^a,b   Shih, Y H ^a   Yen, D J ^a,b   Kwan, S Y ^a,b   Wu, Z A ^a,b   Chan, S H H ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SURGICAL RISK; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0343990779     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.2.528     Document Type: Article

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