Radiosurgery for intractable epilepsy

Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-203

  Régis, Jean ^a   Levivier, Marc ^b   Hayashi, Motohiro ^c  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy radiosurgery; Epileptic network; Hippocampal sclerosis; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Neuromodulation; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 2342598106     PISSN: 10772855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127927-200309030-00012     Document Type: Review

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