Temporal lobe epilepsy

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 225-240

  Thom, Maria ^a   Bertram, Edward H ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammon's horn sclerosis; Hippocampal sclerosis; Limbic epilepsy; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobe pathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865579264     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52898-8.00014-8     Document Type: Chapter

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