Clinical features of patients with posterior cortex epilepsies and predictors of surgical outcome

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1442-1449

  Dalmagro, Charles L ^a   Bianchin, Marino M ^a   Velasco, Tonicarlo R ^a   Alexandre Jr , Veriano ^a   Walz, Roger ^b   Terra Bustamante, Vera C ^a   Inuzuka, Luciana M ^a   Wichert Ana, Lauro ^a   Araújo Jr , David ^a   Serafini, Luciano N ^a   Carlotti Jr , Carlos G ^a   Assirati Jr , João A ^a   MacHado, Hélio R ^a   Santos, Antonio C ^a   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Occipital epilepsy; Parietal epilepsy; Posterior temporal epilepsy; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY; PARIETAL EPILEPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTERIOR CORTEX EPILEPSY; POSTERIOR TEMPORAL EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 26944497960     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.70904.x     Document Type: Article

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