Granule cell dispersion is not a predictor of surgical outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-30

  Da Costa Neves, Rafael Scarpa ^a   Prada Jardim, Anaclara ^a   Caboclo, Luís Otávio ^a   Lancellotti, Carmen ^b,c   Marinho, Taissa Ferrari ^a   Hamad, Ana Paula ^a   Marinho, Murilo ^a   Centeno, Ricardo ^a   Cavalheiro, Esper Abr̃o ^a   Scorza, Carla Alessandra ^a   Targas Yacubian, Elza Márcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^c Clinical Microbiology Section   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Granule cell dispersion; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Surgical prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISPERSION; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876501298     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/NP300509     Document Type: Article

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