Focal cortical dysplasia: Long term seizure outcome after surgical treatment

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 853-856

  Kral, Thomas ^a   Von Lehe, M ^a   Podlogar, M ^a   Clusmann, H ^a   Sussmann P ^a   Kurthen, M ^b   Becker, A ^a   Urbach, H ^a   Schramm, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547629224     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.105361     Document Type: Article

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