Preoperative MRI predicts outcome of temporal lobectomy: An actuarial analysis

Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1358-1363

  Berkovic, S F ^b   Mc Intosh, A M ^a   Kalnins, R M ^a   Jackson, G D ^a,c   Fabinyi, G C A ^a   Brazenor, G A ^a   Bladin, P F ^a   Hopper, J L ^b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029160616     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.45.7.1358     Document Type: Article

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