Early surgical intervention in adult patients with ganglioglioma is associated with improved clinical seizure outcomes

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-33

  Yang, Isaac ^a   Chang, Edward F ^b   Han, Seunggu J ^b   Barry, Jeffrey J ^b   Fang, Shanna ^b   Tihan, Tarik ^c   Barbaro, Nicholas M ^b   Parsa, Andrew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Ganglioglioma; Seizure outcome; Surgical intervention; Timing of treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650177994     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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