MRI evidence of mesial temporal sclerosis in sporadic "benign" temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 562-565

  Labate, A ^a,b   Ventura, P ^b   Gambardella, A ^a,b,d   Le Piane, E ^c   Colosimo, E ^a   Leggio, U ^a   Ambrosio, R ^a   Condino, F ^b   Messina, D ^a,b   Lanza, P ^b   Aguglia, U ^c   Quattrone, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

^d Policlinico Mater Domini   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33645001630     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000198208.59347.96     Document Type: Article

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