TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction
T2 - Epilepsy
AU - Cascino, Gregory D.
PY - 2011/3/18
Y1 - 2011/3/18
KW - Epilepsy care - beginnings of observation and recognition
KW - Epilepsy care, and Dr. C. Mayo (Mayo Clinic) - seizures, diagnostic symptoms of neurological diseases, recognition of neurosurgery effect on seizure tendency
KW - Epilepsy care, and Jackson's work - cerebral cortex, seizure onset site and ictal behavior correlated with region of functional anatomy
KW - Epilepsy, the most commonly - recognized and distinct neurological disorders
KW - Focal or lateralized neurological abnormality - and region of hemisphere of seizure onset
KW - Galen, outstanding physician of Greek origin, 129 AD - influenced by Hippocrates teachings
KW - Jacksonand colleagues' efforts - neurology and neurosurgery in intractable epilepsy
KW - MRI, pivotal - in identification of structural abnormalities, performance of intraoperative imaging in guiding surgical procedures
KW - Mayo Clinic (1973), first institution in United States - installation of x-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner
KW - Resection of lesional pathology - rendering the patient, seizure-free
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U2 - 10.1002/9780470975039.ch1
DO - 10.1002/9780470975039.ch1
M3 - Foreword/postscript
AN - SCOPUS:84886004219
SN - 9780470741221
SP - 1
EP - 6
BT - Adult Epilepsy
PB - John Wiley and Sons
ER -