Prognostic implications of seizure recurrence in the first year after anterior temporal lobectomy

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-80

  Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a,b   So, Elson L ^a   Silbert, Peter L ^a,c   Cascino, Gregory D ^a   Marsh, W Richard ^a   Cha, Ruth H ^a   O'Brien, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; EEG; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSURGERY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0037666031     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.21502.x     Document Type: Article

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