Altered seizure patterns after temporal lobectomy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1183-1187

  Blume, Warren T ^a   Girvin, John P ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aura features; Seizures; Surgical outcome; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC AURA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030726922     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01214.x     Document Type: Article

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