Hippocampal Sclerosis in Identical Twins

Abstract

The genetic and acquired hypotheses of etiology of hippocampal sclerosis (HS) were studied at the University of Melbourne, Australia, using quantitative MRI in three monozygous (MZ) twin pairs, only the index twin having temporal lobe epilepsy and HS.

Keywords

• hippocampal sclerosis
• twins
• temporal lobe epilepsy