Seizure outcome after resection of supratentorial cavernous malformations: A study of 168 patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 559-563

  Baumann, Christian R ^a   Acciarri, Nicola ^b   Bertalanffy, Helmut ^c   Devinsky, Orrin ^d   Elger, Christian E ^e   Lo Russo, Giorgio ^f   Cossu, Massimo ^f   Sure, Uli ^c   Singh, Anuradha ^d   Stefan, Hermann ^g   Hammen, Tilo ^g   Georgiadis, Dimitrios ^a   Baumgartner, Ralf W ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^h   Siegel, Adrian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^f OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavernous malformation; Epilepsy; Outcome; Resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT CODING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847625997     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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