Hippocampal malformations do not necessarily evolve into hippocampal sclerosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 939-943

  Sen, Arjune ^a   Thom, Maria ^a   Martinian, Lillian ^a   Dawodu, Stephen ^a   Sisodiya, Sanjay M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; Hippocampus; Malformation

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE; SUBICULUM;

AGED; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 20544440935     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.61104.x     Document Type: Article

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