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Temporal lobe epilepsy? Things are not always what they seem
Author(s) -
Doležalová Irena,
Brázdil Milan,
Kahane Philippe
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
epileptic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1950-6945
pISSN - 1294-9361
DOI - 10.1684/epd.2017.0897
Subject(s) - epilepsy , temporal lobe , epilepsy surgery , medicine , neuroscience , drug resistant epilepsy , psychology
Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most frequent form of drug‐resistant epilepsy referred to epilepsy surgery centres. The vast majority of lesional cases can be operated on without invasive investigation which is often not the case for non‐lesional cases. Invasive investigation in non‐lesional cases, however, may lead to unexpected results, as illustrated in the following case report. [ Published with video sequence on www.epilepticdisorders.com ]