Long-term amygdalohippocampal stimulation for refractory temporal lobe epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 556-565

  Vonck, Kristl ^a   Boon, Paul ^a   Achten, Erik ^a   De Reuck, Jacques ^a   Caemaert, Jacques ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036829482     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10323     Document Type: Article

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