Long-term outcome after epilepsy surgery for focal cortical dysplasia

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-65

  Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a,b   Özduman, Korey ^a   Bronen, Richard A ^a   Kim, Jung H ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon cell; Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Malformation of cortical development; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 3042561521     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.1.0055     Document Type: Review

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