Clinical features, EEG findings and outcome in patients with bilateral periventricular nodular heterotopia and epilepsy

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-165

  Ünal, Aysun ^a   Saygi, Serap ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; MRI; Nodular heterotopia; Periventricular heterotopia; Prognosis; Subependymal heterotopia

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

EPILEPSY; NODULAR HETEROTOPIA; PERIVENTRICULAR HETEROTOPIA; PROGNOSIS; SUBEPENDYMAL HETEROTOPIA;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIVENTRICULAR NODULAR HETEROTOPIA; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 34347233102     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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