Surgical treatment of refractory epilepsy associated with space occupying lesions: Experience and review

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 384-392

  Brainer Lima, Paulo Thadeu ^a   Rao, Sujai ^a   Cukiert, Arthur ^a,b   Yacubian, Elza Marcia Targas ^a   Gronich, Gary ^a   Marino Jr , Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Electrocorticography; Ganglioglioma; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030225265     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1996000300004     Document Type: Article

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