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Epilepsy Medicine Glossary

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Functional hemispherectomy

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A surgical procedure that disconnects one brain hemisphere while leaving most tissue in place. Used for severe hemispheric epilepsy.

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Mesial temporal sclerosis

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Neuronal loss and gliosis in the hippocampus, the most common pathological finding in temporal lobe epilepsy.

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