Relevance of residual histologic and electrocorticographic abnormalities for surgical outcome in frontal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 363-371

  Ferrier, C H ^a   Alarcon, G ^a,b   Engelsman, J ^a   Binnie, C D ^a   Koutroumanidis, M ^a   Polkey, C E ^a   Janota, I ^a,c   Dean, A ^a,c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrocorticography; Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Frontal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPIKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035065328     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.06900.x     Document Type: Article

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