Epilepsy Research
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 101-110 , May 1997

Longitudinal distribution of hippocampal atrophy in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

  • Mark Quigg

      Affiliations

    • Box 394, Health Sciences Center, Department of Neurology, Charlottesville, VA 22 908, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 804 9245669; fax: +1 804 9821726; e-mail: quigg@virginia.edu
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  • Edward H Bertram

      Affiliations

    • Box 394, Health Sciences Center, Department of Neurology, Charlottesville, VA 22 908, USA
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  • Theodore Jackson

      Affiliations

    • Neurosurgical Visualization Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22 908, USA

Received 19 July 1996 ,Accepted 21 December 1996.

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