A meta-analysis of predictors of seizure freedom in the surgical management of focal cortical dysplasia: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1035-1041

  Rowland, Nathan C ^a   Englot, Dario J ^a   Cage, Tene A ^a   Sughrue, Michael E ^a   Barbaro, Nicholas M ^a   Chang, Edward F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ODDS RATIO; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860724185     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.1.JNS111105     Document Type: Article

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