Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Clinical and neuropathologic findings of familial and sporadic forms

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1046-1054

  Andrade Valença, Luciana Patrízia A ^a,b   Valença, Marcelo Moraes ^c   Velasco, Tonicarlo Rodrigues ^a   Carlotti Jr , Carlos Gilberto ^a   Assirati, João Alberto ^a   Galvis Alonso, Orfa Yineth ^a   Neder, Luciano ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^d   Leite, João Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Familial; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mossy fiber; Pathology; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR LAYER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NISSL STAINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ATROPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 44849138214     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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