Successful surgery in late onset epilepsy with tuberous sclerosis complex iris unterberger

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-79

  Kuchukhidze, Giorgi ^a   Walser, Gerald ^a   Dobesberger, Judith ^a   Koppelstaetter, Florian ^a   Ortler, Martin ^a   Bauer, Richard ^a   Trinka, Eugen ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Pilepsy surgery; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349097902     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0247     Document Type: Article

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