Amygdala atrophy and seizure outcome after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

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Ho, SS
Consalvo, D
Gilliam, F
Faught, E
Bilir, E
Morawetz, R
Kuzniecky, RI
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[1] Univ Alabama, Dept Neurol, UAB Epilepsy Ctr, Birmingham, AL 35294 USA
[2] Univ Alabama, Dept Neurosurg, UAB Epilepsy Ctr, Birmingham, AL 35294 USA
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10.1212/WNL.51.5.1502
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Surgical outcome in hippocampal atrophy (n = 44) and amygdalohippocampal atrophy (n = 14) were compared. Hippocampal atrophy had better seizure-free outcome than amygdalohippocampal atrophy (80% versus 50%, p = 0.043). Severity of hippocampal atrophy correlated with duration of epilepsy in patients with hippocampal atrophy (r = 0.4, p = 0.007), but not in those with amygdalohippocampal atrophy, suggesting that these two groups may have a different pathogenesis.
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