Matea Rados, Brian Mouthaan, Peter Barsi, David Carmichael, Rolf A Heckemann, Anna Kelemen, Teia Kobulashvili, Giorgi Kuchukhidze, Petr Marusic, Krasimir Minkin, Martin Tisdall, Eugen Trinka, Tim Veersema, Sjoerd B Vos, Jan Wagner, Kees Braun, Pieter van Eijsden
MRI is a cornerstone in presurgical evaluation of epilepsy. Despite guidelines, clinical practice varies. In light of the E-PILEPSY pilot reference network, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on the diagnostic value of MRI in the presurgical evaluation of epilepsy patients. We included original research articles on diagnostic value of higher MRI field strength and guideline-recommended and additional MRI sequences in detecting an epileptogenic lesion in adult or paediatric epilepsy surgery candidates...
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