Postoperative auras and the risk of recurrent seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 195-200

  Chandrasekar, Thenappan ^a,b   Sharan, Ashwini D ^a,b   Sperling, Michael R ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aura; Epilepsy; Outcome; Relapse; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549171044     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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