The neuropathology of temporal lobe epilepsy
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The neuropathology of temporal lobe epilepsy
（Maudsley monographs, no. 31）
Oxford University Press, 1988
- U.K. : est.
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
Despite the known association between temporal lobe epilepsy and localized brain damage, the accurate assessment of patients with temporal lobe seizures became possible only following the introduction of the electroencephalogram in the early 1940s. Soon afterwards, neurosurgeons developed the operation of anterior temporal lobectomy to treat some of the most severely affected patients. One of the largest series of operations was undertaken by a team led by Mr Murray Falconer at the Maudsley Hospital. This volume provides a classification of the pathological abnormalities found in temporal lobe surgery, an assessment of the successes and failures of the operation and a guide to the selection of future patients.
Table of Contents
- Materials and methods of study
- results and discussion
- conclusions - assessment of clinico-pathological results. Appendices: 1 - list of patients in chronological order of operation 1950-1975
- 2 - clinico-pathological results.
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