Multifocal epilepsy: The role of palliative resection - Intractable frontal and occipital lobe epilepsy secondary to radiotherpay for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 362-370

  Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a   Sithinamsuwan, Pasiri ^a   Harvey, A Simon ^b   Flanagan, Danny ^c   Fitt, Gregory ^a   Berlangieri, Sam ^a   Jackson, Graeme D ^c,d   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,c,d   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Cerebral cavernous malformation; Epilepsy surgery; Multifocal epilepsy; Refractory seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 57049146445     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2008.0221     Document Type: Article

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