Presurgical seizure frequency and tumoral etiology predict the outcome after extratemporal epilepsy surgery

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 996-999

  Boesebeck, F ^a,b,e   Janszky, J ^d   Kellinghaus, C ^b   May, T ^c   Ebner, A ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Epilepsy Research Foundation   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^e Neurological Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic data; Epilepsy surgery; Predictors for prognosis; Seizure frequency; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548404722     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0309-6     Document Type: Article

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