Gamma knife radiosurgery for epilepsy related to dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 243-247

  Kwon, Ki Hun ^a   Lee, Jung Il ^a   Hong, Seung Chyul ^a   Seo, Dae Won ^a   Hong, Seung Bong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor; Epilepsy; Gamma knife radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33751082696     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096498     Document Type: Article

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