Differences in memory performance and other clinical characteristics in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with and without hippocampal atrophy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-27

  Alessio, A ^a   Damasceno, B P ^a   Camargo, C H P ^b   Kobayashi, E ^a   Guerreiro, C A M ^a   Cendes, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Duration of epilepsy; Febrile seizures; Hippocampal atrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory deficits; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Neuropsychological evaluation; Seizure frequency; Seizure onset; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECALL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATROPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 1542348258     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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