The medical and surgical treatment of tumoral seizures: Current and future perspectives

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2013, Pages 84-90

  Guerrini, Renzo ^a,b   Rosati, Anna ^a   Giordano, Flavio ^a   Genitori, Lorenzo ^a   Barba, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Medical treatment; Surgical treatment; Tumor related epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SURGERY; THERAPY; TUMOR-RELATED EPILEPSY; COMPLICATION;

BRAIN TUMOR; MEDICAL TREATMENT; SURGICAL TREATMENT; TUMOR-RELATED EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84894323563     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12450     Document Type: Article

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