Cerebral Damage in Epilepsy: A Population‐based Longitudinal Quantitative MRI Study

Summary:  Purpose: Whether cerebral damage results from epileptic seizures remains a contentious issue. We report on the first longitudinal community‐based quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study to investigate the effect of seizures on the hippocampus, cerebellum, and neocortex.

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