Brain tumor epilepsy: A reappraisal and six remaining issues to be debated

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 751-761

  Vercueil, L ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Brain tumors; Epilepsy; Glioblastoma; Glioma; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR EPILEPSY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSEMBRYOPLASIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 81955167990     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2011.08.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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