Hippocampal and thalamic atrophy in mild temporal lobe epilepsy: A VBM study

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1094-1101

  Labate, A ^a,b   Cerasa, A ^b,d   Gambardella, A ^a,b   Aguglia, U ^c   Quattrone, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS; ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 54549088013     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000326898.05099.04     Document Type: Article

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