Long-term surgical outcomes of temporal lobe epilepsy associated with low-grade brain tumors

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5771-5779

  Phi, Ji Hoon ^a   Kim, Seung Ki ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a   Lee, Seo Young ^b   Park, Su Yeon ^a   Park, Sung Joon ^a   Lee, Sang Kun ^a   Kim, Ki Joong ^a   Chung, Chun Kee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Seizure control; Tailored resection; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Tumor control

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350140590     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24666     Document Type: Article

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