Lesional mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and limited resections: Prognostic factors and outcome

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1589-1596

  Clusmann, H ^a,b   Kral, T ^b   Fackeldey, E ^b   Blumcke I ^b   Helmstaedter, C ^b   Von Oertzen, J ^b   Urbach, H ^b   Schramm, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONSHORNSCLEROSIS; AMYGDALAHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SAFETY; SCLEROSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7244260311     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.024208     Document Type: Article

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