Surgical treatment of independent bitemporal lobe epilepsy defined by invasive recordings

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 533-538

  Boling, W ^a   Aghakhani, Y ^b   Andermann, F ^c   Sziklas, V ^c   Olivier, A ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOAMYGDALAHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; STEREOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELECTRODE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449174945     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.155291     Document Type: Article

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