Seizure prognosis of patients with low-grade tumors

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 540-545

  Kahlenberg, Cynthia A ^a   Fadul, Camilo E ^b,c   Roberts, David W ^b,c   Thadani, Vijay M ^b,c   Bujarski, Krzysztof A ^b,c   Scott, Rod C ^a,d   Jobst, Barbara C ^b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Low grade tumor; Outcome; Prognosis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TUMOR GROWTH; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863987866     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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