Cognitive function fifty-six years after surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: A case study

We report a long-term follow-up investigation of a patient who was operated in 1954 to relieve intractable temporal lobe seizures characterized by automatism and amnesia. Neuropsychological review at 16 months after surgery showed a slight residual impairment of verbal comprehension and verbal recal...

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Main Authors: Sarah Jane Banks, William Feindel, Brenda Milner, Marilyn Jones-Gotman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports
Subjects:
MRI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323213000546