Stereotactic cortical resection in non-lesional extra-temporal partial epilepsy

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1186-1188

  Shields, D C ^a   Costello, D J ^a   Gale, J T ^a   Hoch, D B ^a   Eskandar, E N ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Wang Ambulatory Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Epileptogenic zone; Extra temporal epilepsy; Non lesional epilepsy; Partial seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34748884283     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01920.x     Document Type: Article

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