Treatment of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with amygdalohippocampal stimulation: A case series and review of the literature

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1264-1268

  Min, Bao ^a   Guoming, Luan ^a   Jian, Zhou ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampal complex; Deep brain stimulation; Effect; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 84874627871     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2013.968     Document Type: Article

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