Stereotactic radiofrequency amygdalohippocampectomy for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: Do good neuropsychological and seizure outcomes correlate with hippocampal volume reduction?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 34-44

  Malikova, Hana ^a,c   Kramska, Lenka ^a   Liscak, Roman ^a   Vojtech, Zdenek ^a   Prochazka, Tomas ^a   Mareckova, Iva ^a   Lukavsky, Jiri ^b   Druga, Rastislav ^c  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Neuropsychological outcome; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEIZURE; SEMANTICS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOFREQUENCY AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868302073     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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