Does resection of the medial temporal lobe improve the outcome of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery?

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 571-578

  Bonilha, Leonardo ^a,b   Yasuda, Clarissa Lin ^c   Rorden, Chris ^b   Li, Li M ^c   Tedeschi, Helder ^c   De Oliveira, Evandro ^c   Cendes, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847676328     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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