Memory outcome after selective amygdalohippocampectomy in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: One-year follow-up

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 960-962

  Gleissner, Ulrike ^a   Helmstaedter, Christoph ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Memory; Outcome; Selective amygdalohippocampectomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 4043112847     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.42203.x     Document Type: Article

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