Seizure outcome after epilepsy surgery in patients with normal preoperative MRI

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 710-713

  Chapman, K ^b   Wyllie, Elaine ^a   Najm, I ^a   Ruggieri, P ^a   Bingaman, W ^a   Luders J ^a   Kotagal, P ^a   Lachhwani, D ^a   Dinner, D ^a   Luders H O ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20244384423     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.026757     Document Type: Article

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