Presurgical neuropsychological testing predicts cognitive and seizure outcomes after anterior temporal lobectomy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-253

  Potter, Jennifer Loyden ^a   Schefft, Bruce K ^b,c   Beebe, Dean W ^a   Howe, Steven R ^b   Yeh, Hwa shain ^c   Privitera, Michael D ^d  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Cognitive outcome; Epilepsy; Seizure; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Wada procedure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VERBAL MEMORY; WADA TEST;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349984554     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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