Electrocorticography discharge patterns in patients with a cavernous hemangioma and pharmacoresistent epilepsy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-503

  Ferrier, Cyrille H ^a   Aronica, Eleonora ^b   Leijten, Frans S S ^a   Spliet, Wim G M ^c   Boer, Karin ^b   Van Rijen, Peter C ^a   Van Huffelen, Alexander C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Electrocorticography; Epilepsy surgery; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROGLIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548828828     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/09/0495     Document Type: Article

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