Neuropsychological consequences of epilepsy surgery in frontal lobe epilepsy

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-341

  Helmstaedter, C ^a,b   Gleibner, U ^a   Zentner, J ^a   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b University Hospital of Neurosurgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL DECORTICATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032052651     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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