Temporal lobe epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis: hippocampal neuronal loss as a predictor of surgical outcome

OBJECTIVE: To analyze retrospectively a series of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS), and the association of patterns of hippocampal sclerosis with clinical data and surgical prognosis. METHOD: Sixty-six patients with medically refractory TLE with unilater...

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Main Authors: Anaclara Prada Jardim, Rafael Scarpa da Costa Neves, Luís Otávio Sales Ferreira Caboclo, Carmen Lucia Penteado Lancellotti, Murilo Martinez Marinho, Ricardo Silva Centeno, Esper Abrão Cavalheiro, Carla Alessandra Scorza, Elza Márcia Targas Yacubian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2012-05-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000500003&lng=en&tlng=en