The role of the interictal EEG in selecting candidates for resective epilepsy surgery

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-171

  Dworetzky, Barbara A ^a   Reinsberger, Claus ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Fast ripples; Interictal epileptic discharges; Lobectomy; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951682603     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.08.025     Document Type: Review

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