The yield of preoperative sequential routine scalp EEGs in patients who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy for mesial temporal sclerosis

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-169

  Dericioglu, Nese ^a   Colpak, Ayse Ilksen ^b   Ciger, Abdurrahman ^a   Saygi, Serap ^b  

^a Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VIDEORECORDING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCALP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP;

EID: 77955642535     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005941004100312     Document Type: Article

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