Hippocampal malformation as a cause of familial febrile convulsions and subsequent hippocampal sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 909-917

  Fernandez G ^a,b   Effenberger, O ^a   Vinz, B ^a   Steinlein, O ^b   Elger, C E ^b   Dohring W ^a   Heinze, H J ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0344765463     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.4.909     Document Type: Article

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