Failed surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy: Predictors of long-term seizure-free course

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 35-44

  Janszky, J ^a,b   Pannek, H W ^a   Janszky, I ^c,d   Schulz, R ^a   Behne, F ^a   Hoppe, M ^a   Ebner, A ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Generalized tonic clonic seizures; Interictal epileptiform discharges; Levetiracetam; MRI; Prognosis of epilepsy surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19444369939     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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