Clinical findings, imaging characteristics and outcome in catastrophic post-encephalitic epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-161

  Trinka, E ^a   Dubeau, F ^a   Andermann, F ^a   Bastos, A ^a   Hui, A ^a   Li Min, L ^a   Kohler, S ^a   Olivier, A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Encephalitis; Epilepsy surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Outcome; Post encephalitic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOSURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033776226     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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