MRI and EEG findings in surgically treated patients with partial seizures due to neuronal migration disorders, their relations to each other and to surgery outcome

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 309-318

  Degen, R ^a   Ebner, A ^b   Lahl, R ^a   Bartling, St ^a   Pannek, H W ^b   Tuxhorn, I ^b  

^a Bethel Epilepsy Centre ^*

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG findings; MRI findings; Neuronal migration disorders; Partial epilepsy; Surgery outcome; Therapy resistance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDER; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CELL MOVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242383224     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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