The international consensus classification for hippocampal sclerosis: An important step towards accurate prognosis

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 844-846

  Blumcke, Ingmar ^a,b,c   Cross, J Helen ^a,b,c   Spreafico, Roberto ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ATROPHY; CELL LOSS; COMORBIDITY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BRAIN DISEASES; CONSENSUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84881510183     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70175-3     Document Type: Letter

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