Asymmetrical extra-hippocampal grey matter loss related to hippocampal atrophy in patients with medial temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-294

  Bonilha, L ^b   Rorden, C ^b   Halford, J J ^c   Eckert, M ^c   Appenzeller, S ^a   Cendes, F ^a   Li, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33847713337     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.103994     Document Type: Article

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