Successful epilepsy surgery in a patient with neurosarcoidosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1101-1103

  Malmgren, Kristina ^a   Lycke, Jan ^a   Engman, Elisabeth ^a   Hedström, Anders ^a   Jönsson, Lars ^b   Rydenhag, Bertil ^a   Nordborg, Claes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Neurosarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis; Seizure outcome; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SARCOIDOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954655097     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02580.x     Document Type: Article

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