Calcified neurocysticercosis lesions and antiepileptic drug-resistant epilepsy: A surgically remediable syndrome?

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1815-1822

  Rathore, Chaturbhuj ^a   Thomas, Bejoy ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^a   Abraham, Mathew ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug resistant epilepsy; Calcified lesions; Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampal sclerosis; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCIFIED NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THERAPY RESISTANCE;

ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG-RESISTANT EPILEPSY; CALCIFIED LESIONS; EPILEPSY SURGERY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CALCINOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885376571     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12349     Document Type: Article

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