Early antiepileptic drug reduction following anterior temporal lobectomy for medically intractable complex partial epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 434-437

  Griffin, Craigan T ^a   Abastillas, Mary E ^a   Armon, Carmel ^a,b   Lacanlale, Julie ^a   Liwnicz, Boleslaw H ^a   Kaptain, George ^a   Dayes, Lloyd A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Antiepileptic drug reduction; Epilepsy surgery; Intractable seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 3543103763     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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