Balloon cells and dysmorphic neurons in the hippocampus associated with epileptic amnesic syndrome: A case report

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 905-909

  Kim, Se Hoon ^a   Cho, Yang Je ^a   Seok Kim, Hyung ^b   Heo, Kyoung ^a   Lee, Min Cheol ^b   Lee, Byung In ^a   Seung Kim, Tai ^a   Woo Chang, Jin ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dysmorphic neuron; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BALLOON CELL; BRAIN CELL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GADOLINIUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEURONS; SCLEROSIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 43249091523     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01527.x     Document Type: Article

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