Age at onset predicts good seizure outcome in sporadic non-lesional and mesial temporal sclerosis based temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-560

  Aguglia, Umberto ^a,b   Beghi, Ettore ^c   Labate, Angelo ^a,d   Condino, Francesca ^d   Cianci, Vittoria ^a   Mumoli, Laura ^a   Gasparini, Sara ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,d   Gambardella, Antonio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Regional Epilepsy Centre   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953861682     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.217620     Document Type: Article

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