Long-term follow-up outcome after surgical treatment for lesional temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 588-593

  Nakase, Hiroyuki ^a   Tamura, Kentaro ^a   Kim, Yeong Jin ^a   Hirabayashi, Hidehiro ^a   Sakaki, Toshisuke ^a   Hoshida, Tohru ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Leisonal epilepsy; Long follow up outcome; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748909455     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X166236     Document Type: Article

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