Reliability of patterns of hippocampal sclerosis as predictors of postsurgical outcome

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1801-1808

  Thom, Maria ^a   Liagkouras, Ioannis ^a   Elliot, Kathryn J ^b   Martinian, Lillian ^a   Harkness, William ^c   McEvoy, Andrew ^b   Caboclo, Luis O ^b   Sisodiya, Sanjay M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical hippocampal sclerosis; Granule cell dispersion; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSICAL HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; END FOLIUM SCLEROSIS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TOTAL HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956304482     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02681.x     Document Type: Article

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