Hippocampal atrophy and the prognosis of epilepsy: Some answers, more questions

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-13

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Engel Jr , Jerome ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS ATROPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; ATROPHY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ATROPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33746846620     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000227190.64928.67     Document Type: Editorial

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