Congenital destructive hemispheric lesions and epilepsy: clinical features and relevance of associated hippocampal atrophy

We studied the clinical, EEG and MRI findings in 19 patients with epilepsy secondary to congenital destructive hemispheric insults. Patients were divided in two groups: 10 with cystic lesions (group 1), and 9 with atrophic lesions (group 2). Seizure and EEG features, as well as developmental sequela...

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Main Authors: RICARDO A. TEIXEIRA, ANDREA A. A. LEONE, DONIZETI C. HONORATO, BENITO P. DAMASCENO, CARLOS A. M. GUERREIRO, FERNANDO CENDES
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2000-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2000000600003&tlng=en
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