Seizures during the management of high-grade gliomas: Clinical relevance to disease progression

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-109

  Kim, Young Hoon ^a,b   Park, Chul Kee ^a,c   Kim, Tae Min ^c   Choi, Seung Hong ^c   Kim, Yu Jung ^b   Choi, Byung Se ^b   Han, Jung Ho ^a,b   Lee, Se Hoon ^c   Kim, Chae Yong ^a,b   Kim, In Ah ^b   Heo, Dae Seog ^c   Kim, Il Han ^c   Kim, Dong Gyu ^a,c   Jung, Hee Won ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Glioblastoma; High grade glioma; Progression; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876910487     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-013-1094-6     Document Type: Article

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