Surgical treatment of occipital lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-69

  Binder, Devin K ^a,b   Von Lehe, Marec ^b   Kral, Thomas ^b   Bien, Christian G ^b   Urbach, Horst ^b   Schramm, Johannes ^b   Clusmann, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysplasia; Epilepsy; Ganglioglioma; Gliosis; Occipital tumor; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46449093109     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/7/0057     Document Type: Article

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