Medically intractable epilepsy from insular low-grade gliomas: Improvement after an extended lesionectomy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 563-573

  Duffau, H ^a   Capelle, L ^a   Lopes, M ^a   Bitar, A ^a   Sichez, J P ^a   Van Effenterre, R ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Insula; Intractable seizure; Intraoperative brain mapping; Low grade glioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036316649     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-002-0941-6     Document Type: Article

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