Prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of medically intractable epilepsy associated with mesial temporal sclerosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 344-350

  Hennessy, M J ^a,c   Elwes, R D C ^a   Rabe Hesketh, S ^b   Binnie, C D ^a   Polkey, C E ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Mapother House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesial temporal sclerosis; Outcome; Surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSURGERY; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034994356     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2001.103006344.x     Document Type: Article

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