Consanguinity in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis in a Saudi population

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate if there is an association between consanguinity and hippocampal sclerosis)HS(in the Saudi population. Methods: A retrospective case-control study was conducted by assessing the prevalence of consanguinity in patients with pathologically proven HS, who underwent epilepsy surgery at