Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Its physiopathology, clinical characteristics, treatment and prognosis;Epilepsia del lóbulo temporal mesial: Fisiopatología, características clínicas, tratamiento y pronóstico

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 663-667

  Volcy Gómez, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Mesial sclerosis in the hippocampus; Refractory epilepsy; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TOXICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS ATROPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATROPHY; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATROPHY; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 3142749883     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3807.2003398     Document Type: Review

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