Early surgical therapy for drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy: A randomized trial

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 922-930

  Engel, Jerome ^a   McDermott, Michael P ^b   Wiebe, Samuel ^c   Langfitt, John T ^d   Stern, John M ^a   Dewar, Sandra ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^f   Gardiner, Irenita ^d   Erba, Giuseppe ^d   Fried, Itzhak ^e,g   Jacobs, Margaret ^h,i   Vinters, Harry V ^g   Mintzer, Scott ^e,f   Kieburtz, Karl ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h American Epilepsy Society   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER FRACTURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84857874670     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.220     Document Type: Article

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