Hippocampal Sclerosis in Identical Twins

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-8-5

Keywords:

Hippocampal Sclerosis, Twins, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

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.

Published

1998-08-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders