Management of patients with cavernous angiomas presenting epileptic seizures

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 495-498

  Noto, Sadami ^a   Fujii, Masami ^a   Akimura, Tatsuo ^a   Imoto, Hirochika ^a   Nomura, Sadahiro ^a   Kajiwara, Koji ^a   Kato, Shoichi ^a   Fujisawa, Hirosuke ^a   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Cavernous angioma; Lesionectomy; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744602620     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.03.045     Document Type: Article

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