Seizure recurrence following epilepsy surgery: Is post-operative EEG helpful?

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-196

  Ghacibeh, Georges A ^a,b   Smith, Jeffrey D ^b   Roper, Steven N ^b   Gilmore, Robin ^b   Eisenschenk, Stephan ^b  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy surgery; Interictal epileptiform discharges; Seizure recurrence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61349118640     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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