Imaging structure and function in refractory focal epilepsy

MJ Koepp, FG Woermann - The Lancet Neurology, 2005 - thelancet.com
Over the past decade there have been many advances in data acquisition and analysis for
structural and functional neuroimaging of people with epilepsy. New imaging sequences …

Local and remote epileptogenicity in focal cortical dysplasias and neurodevelopmental tumours

S Aubert, F Wendling, J Regis, A McGonigal… - Brain, 2009 - academic.oup.com
During the pre-surgical evaluation of drug-resistant epilepsy, the assessment of the extent of
the epileptogenic zone and its organization is a crucial objective. Indeed, the epileptogenic …

Nuclear medicine in pediatric neurology and neurosurgery: epilepsy and brain tumors

S Patil, L Biassoni, L Borgwardt - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
In pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy, nuclear medicine can provide important additional
information in the presurgical localization of the epileptogenic focus. The main modalities …

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors: an MRI-based scheme for epilepsy surgery

F Chassoux, S Rodrigo, C Mellerio, E Landré… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine optimal resections in the 3 dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor
(DNT) histologic subtypes (simple, complex, and nonspecific) based on MRI features …

[HTML][HTML] The role of SISCOM in preoperative evaluation for patients with epilepsy surgery: a meta-analysis

T Chen, L Guo - Seizure, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the specific value of subtraction ictal and inter-ictal SPECT co-registered
to MRI (SISCOM) in identifying the epileptogenic zone (EZ) and predicting postoperative …

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors: epileptogenicity related to histologic subtypes

F Chassoux, E Landré, C Mellerio, J Laschet… - Clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the electroclinical features and the relationship between the
epileptogenic zone (EZ), the tumor and focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) in the three histologic …

Differential cellular gene expression in ganglioglioma

U Samadani, AR Judkins, A Akpalu, E Aronica… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Gangliogliomas (GGs) are neuronal‐glial tumors highly associated with epilepsy.
We hypothesized that the expression of select gene families including neurotransmitter …

Multimodality imaging for focus localization in pediatric pharmacoresistant epilepsy

M Kurian, L Spinelli, J Delavelle, JP Willi… - Epileptic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple structural and functional imaging modalities are available to localize the
epileptogenic focus. In pre‐surgical evaluation of children with pharmacoresistant epilepsy …

[HTML][HTML] Towards precision medicine in epilepsy surgery

P Jin, D Wu, X Li, L Ren, Y Wang - Annals of Translational …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Up to a third of all patients with epilepsy are refractory to medical therapy even in the context
of the introduction of new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) with considerable advantages in safety …

[PDF][PDF] Role of neuroimaging in the presurgical evaluation of epilepsy

T Wehner, H Lüders - Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul …, 2008 - synapse.koreamed.org
About one sixth of patients with focal epilepsy are resistant to current antiepileptic
medications. 1 Resective epilepsy surgery has the potential to render many of these patients …