Temporal lobe surgery in patients with normal MRI

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-207

  Madhavan, Deepak ^a   Kuzniecky, Ruben ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial EEG; Nonlesional; Surgical outcome; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WADA TEST;

ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33947158551     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328042baba     Document Type: Review

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