What is the relationship between arachnoid cysts and seizure foci?

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1098-1102

  Arroyo, Santiago ^a   Santamaria, Joan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Complex partial seizures; Epilepsy surgery; Frontal lobe seizures; Temporal lobe seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030880913     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01199.x     Document Type: Article

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