Surgical outcome of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy related to hippocampal sclerosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 696-699

  Özkara, Çiǧdem ^a   Uzan, Mustafa ^a   Benbir, Gülçin ^a   Yeni, Naz ^a   Oz, Büge ^a   Hanoǧlu, Lütfü ^b   Karaaǧac, Naci ^a   Özyurt, Emin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bakirkoy Women and Children Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hippocampal sclerosis; Surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY RELATED TO HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43349105653     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01503.x     Document Type: Article

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