Factors of surgical outcome in tumoural epilepsy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 819-824

  Rossi, G F ^a   Pompucci, A ^a   Colicchio, G ^a   Scerrati, M ^a   Vapalahti, M ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Institute of Neurosurgery ^*

Author keywords

Factors of outcome; Focus resection; Lesionectomy; Tumoural epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032867746     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050382     Document Type: Article

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