Foramen ovale electrodes can identify a focal seizure onset when surface EEG fails in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1300-1307

  Velasco, Tonicarlo R ^a   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a   Alexandre Jr , Veriano ^a   Walz, Roger ^a   Dalmagro, Charles L ^a   Bianchin, Marino M ^a   Araújo, David ^a   Santos, Antônio C ^a   Leite, João P ^a   Assirati, João A ^a   Carlotti Jr , Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Foramen ovale electrodes; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 33746862171     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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