Memory outcome 2 years after anterior temporal lobectomy in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-144

  Grammaldo, Liliana G ^a   Di Gennaro, Giancarlo ^a   Giampà, Teresa ^a   De Risi, Marco ^a   Meldolesi, Giulio N ^a,d   Mascia, Addolorata ^a   Sparano, Antonio ^a   Esposito, Vincenzo ^a,c   Quarato, Pier Paolo ^a   Picardi, Angelo ^b  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d 'Neurone' Foundation for Research in Neuropsychobiology and Clinical Neurosciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Memory outcome; Neuropsychological evaluation; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60949103288     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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