Normal magnetic resonance imaging and medial temporal lobe epilepsy: The clinical syndrome of paradoxical temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 902-909

  Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a,b   Bradley, Christopher C ^a   Williamson, Anne ^a   Kim, Jung H ^a   Westerveld, Michael ^a   Duckrow, Robert B ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampal sclerosis; Outcome; Paradoxical temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANAMNESIS; ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MONITORING; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARADOXICAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOLUMETRY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 20144372686     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.5.0902     Document Type: Review

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