Temporal lobe dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour: Significance of discordant interictal spikes

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-114

  Labate, Angelo ^a   Briellmann, Regula S ^a,e   Harvey, Anthony S ^a,b,e   Berkovic, Samuel F ^c,e   Federico, Paolo ^a   Kalnins, Renate M ^d,e   Fabinyi, Gavin C ^d   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,e  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Epilepsy Research Centre   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNET; EEG; Epilepsy; Neuroimaging; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCORDANT INTERICTAL SPIKE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISCORDANT INTERICTAL SPIKE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY FOCAL EPILEPSY; REVIEW; SPIKE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TERATOMA;

EID: 3042512169     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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