Supratentorial cavernous angiomas and epileptic seizures: Preoperative course and postoperative outcome

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-34

  Casazza, Marina ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a   Avanzini, Giuliano ^a   Spreafico, Roberto ^a   Bracchi, Maurizio ^b   Valentini, Maria Consuelo ^c  

^a Ist Nazionale Neurologico C Besta ^*  (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Cavernous angioma; Lesionectomy; Partial seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029901925     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199607000-00007     Document Type: Article

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