Role of dentate gyrus alterations in mesial temporal sclerosis.

@article{Marucci2010RoleOD,
  title={Role of dentate gyrus alterations in mesial temporal sclerosis.},
  author={Gianluca Marucci and Guido Rubboli and Marco Giulioni},
  journal={Clinical neuropathology},
  year={2010},
  volume={29 1},
  pages={
          32-5
        }
}

• Gianluca Marucci, Guido Rubboli, Marco Giulioni
• Published 2010 in Clinical neuropathology

Drug-resistant chronic temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common type of epilepsy that undergoes surgical treatment. To verify if dentate gyrus alterations may play a role in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS), 14 patients, submitted to epilepsy surgery, were selected. Only cases with MTS alone were included. Granule cell dispersion (GCD) was observed in 7 cases (50%). A statistically significant correlation between GCD and the mean number of seizures/month was evidenced. The… CONTINUE READING

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