Acute postoperative seizures after epilepsy surgery - a long-term outcome predictor?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-53

  Alfstad, K A ^a   Lossius, M I ^a   Roste G K ^a   Mowinckel, P ^b   Scheie, D ^a   Borota, O C ^c   Larsson, P G ^a   Nakken, K O ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Postoperative seizures; Seizure outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE POSTOPERATIVE SEIZURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTRATEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 78650046123     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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