Comprehensive therapy in intractable temporal lobe epilepsies - A comparison of surgically treated and non-surgically treated cases

Journal of Tokyo Medical University

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 469-482

  Li, Hongyan ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EEG; Intractable temporal lobe epilepsies; Neuroradiological findings; Pathological findings; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HETEROTOPIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE; SPIKE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036879963     PISSN: 00408905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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