Identifying subtle cortical gyral abnormalities as a predictor of focal cortical dysplasia and a cure for epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-261

  Oster, Joel M ^a   Igbokwe, Eme ^b   Cosgrove, G Rees ^d   Cole, Andrew J ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Brown University Program in Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PARIETAL TOPECTOMY; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBURBAN AREA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESTHESIA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84856821775     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.1002     Document Type: Article

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