Hippocampal Abnormalities and Seizure Recurrence

Abstract

Hippocampal volumetry and T2 relaxometry were performed on 84 consecutive patients (adolescents and adults) with partial epilepsy submitted to antiepileptic drug (AED) withdrawal after at least 2 years of seizure control, in a study at State University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Brazil.

Keywords

• hippocampal atrophy
• antiepileptic drug
• mri abnormalities