Deep brain stimulation of two unconventional targets in refractory non-resectable epilepsy

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 373-381

  Franzini, Angelo ^a   Messina, Giuseppe ^a   Marras, Carlo ^a   Villani, Flavio ^a   Cordella, Roberto ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caudal zona incerta; Posterior hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLOTIAPINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; STEROID; THIORIDAZINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DROWSINESS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; REMISSION; ZONA INCERTA;

ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449113290     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000175800     Document Type: Article

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