The Necessity for Sphenoidal Electrodes in the Presurgical Evaluation of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Con Position

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 305-310

  Blume, Warren T ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mandibular notch electrodes; Sphenoidal leads; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SKIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPHENOID; SPIKE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0346788787     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200309000-00002     Document Type: Review

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