Subtle microscopic abnormalities in hippocampal sclerosis do not predict clinical features of temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 940-947

  Kalnins, Renate M ^a   McIntosh, Anne ^a   Saling, Michael M ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b   Briellmann, Regula S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Brain Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; Morphology; Pathology; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043070000     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.57203.x     Document Type: Article

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