Treatment of epilepsy with multiple subpial transections: An acute histologic analysis in human subjects

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 342-352

  Kaufmann, Walter E ^a   Krauss, Gregory L ^a   Uematsu, Sumio ^a   Lesser, Ronald P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epileptic discharge; Intracortical connectivity; Neuropathology; Surgical technique; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PIA MATER; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030001668     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00570.x     Document Type: Article

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