Nonconvulsive seizures after traumatic brain injury are associated with hippocampal atrophy

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 792-798

  Vespa, P M ^a   McArthur, D L ^a   Xu, Y ^b   Eliseo, M ^a   Etchepare, M ^a   Dinov, I ^a   Alger, J ^a   Glenn, T P ^a   Hovda, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NONCONVULSIVE SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SUBICULUM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VOLUMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURES; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 77956388416     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f07334     Document Type: Article

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