title: Right hippocampal sclerosis is more common than left after febrile seizures.
abstract: Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is frequently associated with hippocampal sclerosis (HS) and a history of febrile convulsions (HFC). The authors investigated 292 patients with TLE due to HS. Left HS occurred more frequently (57%) than right HS (43%, p = 0.01). Forty-seven percent of the patients had HFC. In patients with right HS, HFC occurred in 59.6%, whereas in patients with left HS, HFC was present in 37.5%, showing a highly significant lateralization difference.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary. janszky@index.hu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janszky
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Woermann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barsi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Halász
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ebner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D015897:Comorbidity; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017678:Sex Distribution