Lobar localization information in epilepsy patients: MEG-A useful tool in routine presurgical diagnosis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 124-130

  Paulini, Andrea ^a   Fischer, Michael ^a   Rampp, Stefan ^a   Scheler, Gabriela ^a   Hopfengärtner, Rüdiger ^a   Kaltenhäuser, Martin ^a   Dörfler, Arnd ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Stefan, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Focal epilepsy; Focus hypothesis; Lobar localization result; Magnetoencephalography; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SEIZURES;

EID: 34548678407     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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