Clinical features and pathological characteristics of amygdala enlargement in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 509-512

  Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Lee, Sang Kun ^b   Chung, Chun Kee ^b   Koh, Young Cho ^a   Choe, Geeyoung ^b   Lim, So Dug ^a  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortical dysplasia; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA ENLARGEMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862822114     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.05.042     Document Type: Article

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