Absolute spike frequency and etiology predict the surgical outcome in epilepsy due to amygdala lesions

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 177-182

  Gyimesi, Csilla ^a,b   Pannek, Heinz ^a   Woermann, Friedrich G ^a   Elsharkawy, Alaa Eldin ^a   Tomka Hoffmeister, Maria ^a   Hortsmann, Simone ^a   Aengenendt, Jörg ^a   Horvath, Reka A ^a,b   Schulz, Reinhard ^a   Hoppe, Matthias ^a   Janszky, Jozsef ^a,b   Ebner, Alois ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Apical temporal lobe resection; Epilepsy surgery prognosis; Familial epilepsy; Spike frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS LESION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPIKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650173773     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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