Predictors of seizure freedom after resection of supratentorial low-grade gliomas: A review

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-244

  Englot, Dario J ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^a   Barbaro, Nicholas M ^a   Chang, Edward F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Low grade glioma; Oncology; Seizure; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CANCER SURGERY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LOW GRADE GLIOMA; MIXED SEIZURE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; GLIOMA; HUMANS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961105727     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.3.JNS1153     Document Type: Review

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