The interacting etiologies of hippocampal sclerosis in epilepsy: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: According to the International League Against Epilepsy classification, mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS) is considered an epilepsy syndrome. Several etiologies may precede HS, but there is little overview in the literature about these etiologies. We conducted a scoping review to systematically search, select, analyze, and synthesize the existing knowledge about the etiology of HS in patients with epilepsy. MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science Core Collection, and Cochrane Library were searched using a systematic search strategy. Relevant data were selected according to strict criteria. A bibliometric analysis was done by VOSviewer software. A total of 907 studies were selected and classified. The main classes of etiologies we found are prolonged (febrile) seizur

SUBMITTER: Deleu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12927681 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature