Epilepsia del Lóbulo Temporal Bitemporal: Evolución de los Paradigmas Diagnósticos y de Tratamiento

Ana Suller Marti1,2, Juan Santiago Bottan3, Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht4

  • 1Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.

Epilepsy currents
|February 19, 2026
PubMed
Resumen

La epilepsia del lóbulo temporal bilateral (ELTB) es difícil de diagnosticar y tratar. Las terapias de neuromodulación ofrecen un control prometedor de las convulsiones para pacientes con epilepsia resistente a los medicamentos.

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