Epilepsy associated with Leukoaraiosis mainly affects temporal lobe: a casual or causal relationship?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Gasparini, Sara ^a   Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^b   Sofia, Vito ^c   Mumoli, Laura ^d   Labate, Angelo ^d   Cianci, Vittoria ^a   Fatuzzo, Daniela ^c   Bellavia, Marina Angela ^a   Arcudi, Luciano ^e   Russo, Emilio ^d   De Sarro, Giovambattista ^d   Gambardella, Antonio ^d   Aguglia, Umberto ^a  

^a University of Catanzaro   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^e BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; EEG; Leukoaraiosis; MRI; Seizures; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULAR LESION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84922612000     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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