Occipital lobe epilepsy: Clinical characteristics, surgical outcome, and role of diagnostic modalities

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 688-695

  Sang, Kun Lee ^a,b   Seo, Young Lee ^a   Kim, Dong Wuk ^a   Dong, Soo Lee ^a   Chung, Chun Kee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Diagnostic modalities; Occipital lobe epilepsy; Prognostic factors; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18244395071     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.56604.x     Document Type: Article

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