Foramen ovale recordings: A presurgical investigation in epilepsy

European Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-7

  Wieshmann, Udo C ^a   Denby, C E ^a   Eldridge, P R ^a   Roberts, N ^a   Mackay, C E ^a   Webb, J A ^a   Tedman, B M ^a   Chadwick, D W ^a   Smith, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Foramen ovale recordings; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SEIZURE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOSURGERY; SCLEROSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037215164     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067019     Document Type: Article

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