Surgical management of temporal lobe tumor-related epilepsy in children

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 280-287

  Çataltepe, Oguz ^a   Turanli, Güzide ^b   Yalnizoglu, Dilek ^b   Topçu, Meral ^b   Akalan, Nejat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Epilepsy; Pediatric neurosurgery; Temporal lobe tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TERATOMA; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 18744368486     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2005.102.3.0280     Document Type: Review

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