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Amnion's Horn or Hippocampal Sclerosis without Epilepsy in Mental Handicap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. E. Sylvester
P. E. Sylvester*
Affiliation:
St Lawrence Hospital, Caterham, Surrey
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Summary

Neuropathological examination of the brain of eight adult mentally handicapped patients showed mesial temporal sclerosis. Three patients had cerebral palsy, one had Down's syndrome, three were retarded, and one had an unspecific mental handicap. Although there was a suspicion of fits in most patients, temporal lobe epilepsy was not diagnosed in life.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 144 , Issue 5 , May 1984 , pp. 538 - 541
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Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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