Temporal evolution and prognostic significance of postoperative spikes after selective amygdala-hippocampectomy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 258-263

  Gröppel, Gudrun ^b   Aull Watschinger, Susanne ^b   Baumgartner, Christoph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Interictal spikes; Postoperative EEG; Running down phenomenon; Selective amygdala hippocampectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EPILEPSY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SELECTIVE AMYGDALA HIPPOCAMPECTOMY; SPIKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141925900     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200307000-00005     Document Type: Article

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