MRI-negative prefrontal epilepsy due ti cortical dysplasia explored by stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG)

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-339

  McGonigal, Aileen ^a,b,c   Gavaret, Martine ^a,b,c   Da Fonseca, Agnès Trébuchon ^a,b,c   Guye, Maxime ^a,b,c   Scavarda, Didier ^a,b,c   Villeneuve, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Régis, Jean ^a,b,c   Bartolomei, Fabrice ^a,b,c   Chauvel, Patrick ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dysplasia; MRI negative; Pre frontal; Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG)

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIKE; STEREOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 57049131103     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2008.0218     Document Type: Article

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