Epilepsy surgery in the elderly: An unusual case of a 75-year-old man with recurrent status epilepticus

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-149

  Tellez Zenteno, Jose F ^a,c   Sadanand, Venkatraman ^a   Riesberry, Martha ^a   Robinson, Christopher A ^a   Ogieglo, Lissa ^a   Masiowski, Paul ^a   Vrbancic, Mirna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEMETRY;

AGED; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649739502     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0240     Document Type: Note

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