Volumetric evidence of bilateral damage in unilateral mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1354-1359

  Araújo, David ^a   Santos, Antônio C ^a   Velasco, Tonicarlo R ^a   Wichert Ana, Lauro ^a   Terra Bustamante, Vera C ^a   Alexandre Jr , Veriano ^a   Carlotti Jr , Carlos G ^a   Assirati Jr , João A ^a   Machado, Hélio Rubens ^a   Walz, Roger ^a   Leite, João P ^a   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bilateral damage; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33746871829     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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