Characteristics and surgical outcomes for medial temporal post-traumatic epilepsy

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 224-230

  Hartzfeld, P ^a   Elisevich, K ^a   Pace, M ^a   Smith, B ^b   Gutierrez, J A ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed head injury; Hippocampal sclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medial temporal epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949094476     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701818901     Document Type: Article

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