Epidural and foramen-ovale electrodes in the diagnostic evaluation of patients considered for epilepsy surgery

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-53

  Beleza, Pedro ^a   Rémi, Jan ^a   Feddersen, Berend ^a   Peraud, Aurelia ^a   Noachtar, Soheyl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidural electrodes; Epilepsy surgery; Foramen ovale electrodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952296782     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2010.0297     Document Type: Article

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