Longer epilepsy duration and multiple lobe involvement predict worse seizure outcomes for patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy associated with neurocysticercosis

Longer epilepsy duration and multiple lobe involvement predict worse seizure outcomes for patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy associated with neurocysticercosis

ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the surgical outcomes of temporal lobe epilepsy associated with hippocampal sclerosis (TLE-HS) and neurocysticercosis (NCC). Methods A retrospective investigation of patients with TLE-HS was conducted in a tertiary center. Results Seventy-nine (62.2%), 37 (29....

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Main Authors: Lucas Crociati Meguins, Rodrigo Antônio Rocha da Cruz Adry, Sebastião Carlos da Silva Júnior, Carlos Umberto Pereira, Jean Gonçalves de Oliveira, Dionei Freitas de Morais, Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho, Lúcia Helena Neves Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2015-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
epilepsia do lobo temporal
esclerose hipocampal
neurocisticercose
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015001201014&lng=en&tlng=en
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