Long-term outcome of surgical disconnection of the epileptic zone as an alternative to resection for nonlesional mesial temporal epilepsy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1378-1383

  Massager, Nicolas ^a   Tugendhaft, Patrick ^a   Depondt, Chantal ^a   Coppens, Thomas ^a   Drogba, Landry ^a   Benmebarek, Nadir ^a   De Witte, Olivier ^a   Van Bogaert, Patrick ^a   Legros, Benjamin ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE DISCONNECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84888060286     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-304083     Document Type: Article

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