Electrical stimulation of the hippocampal epileptic foci for seizure control: A double-blind, long-term follow-up study

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1895-1903

  Velasco, Ana Luisa ^a,b   Velasco, Francisco ^a   Velasco, Marcos ^a   Trejo, David ^a   Castro, Guillermo ^a   Carrillo Ruiz, José Damián ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; Hippocampal stimulation; Memory; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EROSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCLEROSIS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148812637     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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