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Preoperative Electroencephalographic Localization of Large Epileptogenic Zones in the Frontal and Temporal Lobes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Cosimo Ajmone-Marsan
Cosimo Ajmone-Marsan*
Affiliation:
EEG Department, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami
*
Jackson Memorial Hospital, EEG Department, 1611 N.W. 128th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136, U.S.
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Abstract:

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The concept of epileptogenic zone is defined as a large area of cortical neurons arranged in concentric circles of variable degrees of epileptogenicity. This is particularly so in frontal lobe epilepsy since the interictal and ictal epileptic abnormalities are poorly localized, often absent and at times misleading in terms of localization. In temporal lobe epilepsy, the epileptogenic zones may be more restricted.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue S4 , November 1991 , pp. 564 - 565
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1991

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