A case report of surgically treated drug resistant epilepsy associated with subependymal nodular heterotopia

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-226

  Acar, Göksemin ^a   Acar, Feridun ^a   Öztura, Ibrahim ^b   Baklan, Bariş ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Subependymal nodular heterotopia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERIVENTRICULAR HETEROTOPIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS;

EID: 84858070749     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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