Follow-up of 13 patients with surgical treatment of cerebral cavernous malformations: Effect on epilepsy and patient disability

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 67-71

  Folkersma, H ^a   Mooij, J J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral cavernous malformation; Epilepsy; Outcome; Rankin score; Seizure control; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBRAL CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034968292     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(01)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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