Deep brain stimulation of the centromedian thalamic nucleus for the treatment of generalized and frontal epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1823-1833

  Valentín, Antonio ^a,b   García Navarrete, Eduardo ^c   Chelvarajah, Ramesh ^d,e   Torres, Cristina ^c   Navas, Marta ^c   Vico, Lelia ^a,f   Torres, Nerea ^g   Pastor, Jesus ^c   Selway, Richard ^e   Sola, Rafael G ^c   Alarcon, Gonzalo ^a,b,c,h  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Centromedian; Deep brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Seizure; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CENTRAL MEDIAN NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

CENTROMEDIAN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY SURGERY; SEIZURE; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885374850     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12352     Document Type: Article

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