Long-term outcome of epilepsy surgery among 399 patients with nonlesional seizure foci including mesial temporal lobe sclerosis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-524

  Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a,b   Wilhelmi, Brian G ^a   Collignon, Frederic ^a   White, J Bradley ^a   Britton, Jeffrey W ^a   Cambier, Denise M ^a   Christianson, Teresa J H ^a   Marsh, W Richard ^a   Meyer, Fredric B ^a   Cascino, Gregory D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Gliosis; Long term outcome; Mesial temporal lobe sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33645547223     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.4.513     Document Type: Article

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