Clinical Features of Patients with Posterior Cortex Epilepsies and Predictors of Surgical Outcome

Charles L. Dalmagro, Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin, Tonicarlo Rodrigues Velasco, Veriano Alexandre, Roger Walz, Vera C. Terra, Luciana Midori Inuzuka, Lauro Wichert‐Ana, David Araújo, Luciano Neder Serafini,

Epilepsia · 2005 · 75 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Surgical treatment is effective for the treatment of PCEs and superior to pharmacologic therapy alone. In our series, shorter duration of epilepsy and normal neurologic examination were the only independent variables that predicted better surgical outcome.

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