New-onset temporal lobe epilepsy in children: Lesion on MRI predicts poor seizure outcome

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2147-2153

  Spooner, C G ^a,c   Berkovic, S F ^a,b   Mitchell, L A ^a,b   Wrennall, J A ^a   Harvey, A S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845930203     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000248189.93630.4f     Document Type: Article

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