Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Clinical and neuropathologic findings of familial and sporadic forms

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and hippocampal histological features of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) in both familial (FMTLE) and sporadic (SMTLE) forms.

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