Clinical prediction of postoperative seizure control: Structural, functional findings and disease histories

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Stefan, H ^a   Hildebrandt, M ^a   Kerling, F ^a   Kasper, B S ^a   Hammen, T ^a   Dorfler A ^a   Weigel, D ^a   Buchfelder, M ^a   Blumcke I ^a   Pauli, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TISSUE SECTION; WADA TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60249102096     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.151860     Document Type: Article

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