Intractable Epilepsy and Structural Lesions of the Brain: Mapping, Resection Strategies, and Seizure Outcome

Epilepsia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 179-186

  Awad, Issam A ^a   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey ^a   Ahl, Jennifer ^a   Hahn, Joseph F ^a   Lüders, Hans ^b  

^a Departments of Neurosurgery ^*

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizures; Epilepsy; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0025777642     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1991.tb05242.x     Document Type: Article

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