Spikes on the postoperative EEG are related to preoperative spike frequency and postoperative seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 153-158

  Janszky, J ^a   Schulz, R ^a   Hoppe, M ^a   Ebner, A ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interictal epileptiform discharges; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Postoperative spikes; Spike frequency; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0842265833     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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