Predictors of outcome in the surgical treatment for epilepsy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4166-4171

  Yang, Xiao Lan ^a   Lu, Qin Chi ^a   Xu, Ji Wen ^a   Wang, Gui Song ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Seizure outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862920441     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.24.009     Document Type: Review

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