Temporal lobe epilepsy with amygdala enlargement: A subtype of temporal lobe epilepsy

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lv, Rui Juan ^a   Sun, Zhen Rong ^a   Cui, Tao ^a   Guan, Hong Zhi ^b   Ren, Hai Tao ^b   Shao, Xiao Qiu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Amygdala enlargement; Amygdala volume; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GLUCOSE; LEVETIRACETAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; AMYGDALA ENLARGEMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG RESPONSE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; YOUNG ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965094486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-014-0194-z     Document Type: Article

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