Consideration of epilepsy surgery in adults should be independent of age

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-245

  Costello, D J ^a   Shields, D C ^b   Cash, S S ^a   Eskandar, E N ^b   Cosgrove, G R ^c   Cole, A J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Older adult; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60649088241     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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