Prognosis of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 206-211

  Varoglu, Asuman Orhan ^a   Saygi, Serap ^a   Acemoglu, Hamit ^b   Ciger, Abdurrahman ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; Medical treatment; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy syndrome; Outcome; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650642317     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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