Long-term follow up of very low-dose LINAC based stereotactic radiotherapy in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 60-67

  Liang, Shuli ^a   Liu, Tianxing ^a   Li, Anmin ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a   Yu, Xiaoman ^a   Qh, Ouyang ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; Linear accelerator; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; HYDROCORTISONE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; COGNITION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953543374     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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