Corpus callosotomy in refractory idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 621-629

  Jenssen, Sigmund ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^a   Tracy, Joseph I ^a   Nei, Maromi ^a   Joyce, Liporace ^a   David, Glosser ^a   O'Connor, Michael ^a  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Corpus callosotomy; Corpus callosum; Epilepsy; Generalized tonic clonic seizures; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Myoclonus seizures; Neuropsychology; Neurosurgery; Refractory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLORAZEPATE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MEPHENYTOIN; MESUXIMIDE; METHYLPHENOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL APPROACH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33751048612     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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