Bilateral mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Comparison of scalp EEG and hippocampal MRI-T2 relaxometry

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 148-153

  Okujava, M ^a   Schulz, R ^b   Hoppe, M ^b   Ebner, A ^b   Jokeit, H ^c   Woermann, F G ^b  

^a Research Center for Experimental Neurology   (Georgia)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^c SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EEG; Hippocampal sclerosis; MRI; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 4344611064     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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