Surgical treatment of parietal lobe epilepsy: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1170-1178

  Binder, Devin K ^a   Podlogar, Martin ^b   Clusmann, Hans ^b   Bien, Christian ^b   Urbach, Horst ^b   Schramm, Johannes ^b   Kral, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysplasia; Epilepsy; Ganglioglioma; Gerstmann syndrome; Gliosis; Parietal tumor; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; GLIOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650826124     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.2.17665     Document Type: Article

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