Temporal lobe epilepsy with varying severity: MRI study of 222 patients

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 788-796

  Lehericy S ^a   Semah, F ^a   Hasboun, D ^a   Dormont, D ^a   Clemenceau S ^a   Granat, O ^b   Marsault, C ^a   Baulac, M ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 1842368461     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050507     Document Type: Article

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