Temporal lobe epilepsy: A progressive disorder?

Reviews in Neurological Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 122-127

  Nearing, Katherine ^a   Madhavan, Deepak ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Progressive disorders; Seizure control; Seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ATROPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 35148876455     PISSN: 15452913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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