Abstract:Background and Purpose
We aimed to determine 1) the frequency of mammillary body (MB) atrophy in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and hippocampal sclerosis (HS), 2) the clinical significance of MB atrophy, and 3) the association between MB atrophy and volume changes in other subcortical limbic structures.
Methods
We enrolled 69 patients with pathologically confirmed TLE with HS, who underwent a standard anterior temporal lobectomy, as well as 40 healthy contro… Show more
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