Corpora amylacea in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Clinico-pathological correlations

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 81-90

  Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a   Radhakrishnan, Venkataraman V ^a   Mary, Paramban R ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^a   Alexander, Aley ^a   Sarma, P Sankara ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Corpora amylacea; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Psychosis; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOID BODY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247543448     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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