Stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-183

  Quigg, Mark ^a   Barbaro, Nicholas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GAMMA RAYS; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39049111632     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2007.40     Document Type: Review

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