Is it worth pursuing surgery for epilepsy in patients with normal neuroimaging?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-480

  Alarcón, Gonzalo ^a   Valentin A ^a   Watt, C ^a   Selway, R P ^a   Lacruz, M E ^a   Elwes, R D C ^a   Jarosz, J M ^a   Honavar, M ^a   Brunhuber, F ^a   Mullatti, N ^a   Bodi, I ^a   Salinas, M ^a   Binnie, C D ^a   Polkey, C E ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHASIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645570048     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.077289     Document Type: Article

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