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Hippocampal sclerosis—are we speaking the same language?

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A Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy has proposed a new pathology-based classification of three types of hippocampal sclerosis—the most frequent brain lesion in drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy. This classification is designed to be reproducible across centres, thereby aiding communication of histopathological findings.

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Jackson, G. Hippocampal sclerosis—are we speaking the same language?. Nat Rev Neurol 9, 548–549 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2013.173

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