Early seizure propagation from the occipital lobe to medial temporal structures and its surgical implication

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 260-265

  Usui, Naotaka ^a   Mihara, Tadahiro ^a   Baba, Koichi ^a   Matsuda, Kazumi ^a   Tottori, Takayasu ^a   Umeoka, Shuichi ^a   Nakamura, Fumihiro ^a   Terada, Kiyohito ^a   Usui, Keiko ^a   Inoue, Yushi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Intracranial EEG; Medial temporal lobe; Occipital lobe epilepsy; Seizure spread

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOCELE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57049124417     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2008.0223     Document Type: Article

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