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Article: Findings in epilepsy reported from Cleveland Clinic, Department of Neurology.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- December 31, 2008
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Data detailed in 'Secondary white matter degeneration of the corpus callosum in patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy: a diffusion tensor imaging study' have been presented. According to recent research from the United States, "Imaging changes in patients with focal epilepsy are not only seen in areas where seizures arise but often also in remote locations. The mechanism for such changes is unknown."
"We aimed to investigate whether patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) have microstructural changes involving the posterior portion of the corpus callosum (CC), where it links the temporal lobes, using presurgical diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) ...