Presurgical evaluation in refractory epilepsy secondary to meningitis or encephalitis: Bilateral memory deficits often preclude surgery

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-133

  Donaire, Antonio ^a   Carreno, Mar ^a   Agudo, Rolando ^a   Delgado, Pilar ^a   Bargalló, Nuria ^a   Setoaín, Xavier ^a   Boget, Teresa ^a   Raspall, Toni ^a   Falip, Merce ^a   Rumiá, Jordi ^a   Pintor, Luis ^a   Maestro, Iratxe ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Memory deficit; Meningitis; Mesio temporal sclerosis; Refractory epilepsy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORENCEPHALY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN MAPPING; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347338483     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2007.0098     Document Type: Article

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