Stereo-EEG-guided radio-frequency thermocoagulations of epileptogenic grey-matter nodular heterotopy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 611-617

  Cossu, Massimo ^a   Fuschillo, Dalila ^b   Cardinale, Francesco ^a   Castana, Laura ^a   Francione, Stefano ^a   Nobili, Lino ^a   Lo Russo, Giorgio ^c  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANT FOCAL EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; STEREOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; THERMOCOAGULATION;

EEG; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, SURGERY; MRI; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIO WAVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899953940     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305514     Document Type: Article

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