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MR contribution in surgery of epilepsy

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The contribution of MR imaging in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy considered for surgical therapy is discussed. In this review we focus on: (a) focal abnormalities (mesial temporal sclerosis, focal migration disorders, hamartomatous lesions and low-grade tumours, phakomatosis and vascular malformations) associated with therapy-resistant partial epilepsy, requiring resective surgery; (b) abnormalities leading to generalized seizures that require more drastic surgical procedures, such as callosotomy and functional hemispherectomy; and (c) localisation of implanted depth-electrodes.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, NL-3581 PJ, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    L. C. Meiners

  2. Department of Radiology, Hospital of the Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    J. Valk

  3. Department of Pathology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    G. H. Jansen

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    C. W. M. van Veelen

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Received: 6 April 1998; Revision received: 2 June 1998; Accepted: 3 June 1998

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Meiners, L., Valk, J., Jansen, G. et al. MR contribution in surgery of epilepsy. Eur Radiol 9, 493–507 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050701

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