Epilepsy surgery in patients with malformations of cortical development

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-174

  Lüders, Hans ^a   Schuele, Stephan U ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eloquent cortex; Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Malformation of cortical development; Neocortical epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MICROGYRIA; NEUROIMAGING; NODULAR HETEROTOPIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645093200     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000218234.67840.cb     Document Type: Review

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