Postoperative EEG and seizure outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1212-1219

  Di Gennaro, Giancarlo ^a   Quarato, Pier Paolo ^a   Sebastiano, Fabio ^a   Esposito, Vincenzo ^a,b   Onorati, Paolo ^b,c   Mascia, Addolorata ^a   Romanelli, Pantaleo ^d   Grammaldo, Liliana G ^a   Falco, Carolina ^a   Scoppetta, Ciriaco ^b   Eusebi, Fabrizio ^b   Manfredi, Mario ^a,e   Cantore, Giampaolo ^a  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Child Developmental Center   (Italy)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy surgery; Outcome; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DYSPLASIA; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144357810     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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