Neuropathological spectrum of lesions associated with intractable epilepsies: A 10-year experience with a series of 153 resections

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-150

  Sarkar, Chitra ^a   Sharma, Mehar ^a   Deb, Prabal ^a   Singh, V ^a   Chandra, P ^a   Gupta, Aditya ^a   Tripathi, Manjari ^a   Bhatia, Manvir ^a   Gaikwad, Shailesh ^a   Bal, C ^a   Jain, Satish ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intractable epilepsy; Neuropathology; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33745742077     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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