Improvements in memory function following anterior temporal lobe resection for epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1319-1325

  Baxendale, Sallie ^a,b   Thompson, Pamela J ^a   Duncan, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL RISK; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 55449094995     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000319699.04265.fd     Document Type: Article

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