Coexistence of focal and idiopathic generalized epilepsy in the same patient population

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-34

  Jeha, Lara E ^a   Morris, Harold H ^b   Burgess, Richard C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal epilepsy; Generalized epilepsy; Idiopathic epilepsy; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 30744476466     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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