Neuropsychological outcome after selective amygdalohippocampectomy with transsylvian versus transcortical approach: A randomized prospective clinical trial of surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 809-816

  Lutz, Martin T ^a,b   Clusmann, Hans ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a   Helmstaedter, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy; Epilepsy surgery; Fluency; Neuropsychology; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042737186     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.54003.x     Document Type: Article

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