Predictors of epilepsy surgery outcome: A meta-analysis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-87

  Tonini, C ^a,b   Beghi, E ^a,c   Berg, A T ^d   Bogliun, G ^a,c   Giordano, L ^a   Newton, R W ^e   Tetto, A ^a,f   Vitelli, E ^a,g   Vitezic, D ^h   Wiebe, S ⁱ  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b RHO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Maggiore Hospital   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Extratemporal; Post operative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCLEROSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR LESION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7044222772     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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