Cerebellar atrophy and prognosis after temporal lobe resection

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 501-506

  Specht, U ^a   May, T ^b   Schulz, R ^a   Rohde, M ^c   Ebner, A ^a   Schmidt, R C ^a   Schutz M ^d   Wolf, P ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b Gesellscgaft für Epilepsieforschung ^*

^c Neurologische Klinik

^d KLINIKUM LIPPE DETMOLD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Epilepsy; Temporal lobe resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030925862     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.5.501     Document Type: Article

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