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| Sales,L.V.; Velasco,T.R.; Funayama,S.; Ribeiro,L.T.; Andrade-Valença,L.P.; Neder,L.; Fernandes,R.M.F.; Araujo Jr.,D.; Machado,H.R.; Santos,A.C.; Leite,J.P.. |
| We describe the relative frequency, clinical features, neuroimaging and pathological results, and outcome after pharmacological or surgical intervention for a series of pediatric patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) from an epilepsy center in Brazil. The medical records of children younger than 12 years with features strongly suggestive of TLE were reviewed from January 1999 to June 1999. Selected children were evaluated regarding clinical, EEG, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigation and divided into three groups according to MRI: group 1 (G1, N = 9), patients with hippocampal atrophy; group 2 (G2, N = 10), patients with normal MRI, and group 3 (G3, N = 12), patients with other specific temporal lesions. A review of 1732 records of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Temporal lobe epilepsy; Children; Etiology; Prognosis; Developing countries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006001000013 |
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