Hippocampal damage after prolonged febrile seizure: One case in a consecutive prospective series

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 837-840

  Tanabe, Takuya ^a,b   Hara, Keita ^a   Shimakawa, Shuichi ^c   Fukui, Miho ^c   Tamai, Hiroshi ^c  

^a Hirakata City Hospital   (Japan)

^b Tanabe Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Febrile seizure; Hippocampal atrophy; Magnetic resonance image; Prolonged seizure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CELL DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 79953714262     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02958.x     Document Type: Article

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