Temporal pole signal abnormality on MR imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis: A fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery study

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 3 A, 2007, Pages 553-560

  Carrete Jr , Henrique ^a   Abdala, Nitamar ^a   Lin, Kátia ^a   Caboclo, Luís Otávio ^a   Centeno, Ricardo Silva ^a   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^a   Szjenfeld, Jacob ^a   Nogueira, Roberto Gomes ^a,b   Yacubian, Elza Márcia Targas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EPM ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal pole

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 34548821601     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000400001     Document Type: Article

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