Surgical outcomes in lesional and non-lesional epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 310-318

  Téllez Zenteno, José F ^a   Ronquillo, Lizbeth Hernández ^a   Moien Afshari, Farzad ^a   Wiebe, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Histopathology; MRI; Non lesional epilepsy; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951298217     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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