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ReviewJournal of neurology2017

Lesional cerebellar epilepsy: a review of the evidence.

Niels A Foit, Vera van Velthoven, Reinhard Schulz, Ingmar Blümcke, Horst Urbach, Friedrich G Woermann, Christian G Bien

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Review in Journal of neurology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Safe electrophysiology-guided resection of an epileptogenic non-exophytic hamartoma at the floor of the fourth ventricle in a child.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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  10. Evaluation of dual pathology among drug-resistant epileptic patients with hippocampal sclerosis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Niels A FoitDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 60, 79106, Freiburg, Germany. niels.foit@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
Vera van VelthovenDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 60, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
Reinhard SchulzBethel Epilepsy Center, Krankenhaus Mara, Maraweg 21, 33617, Bethel, Germany.
Ingmar BlümckeUniversity Hospital Erlangen, Institut für Neuropathologie, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
Horst UrbachFreiburg Brain Imaging, Breisacher Str. 60, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
Friedrich G WoermannBethel Epilepsy Center, Krankenhaus Mara, Maraweg 21, 33617, Bethel, Germany.
Christian G BienBethel Epilepsy Center, Krankenhaus Mara, Maraweg 21, 33617, Bethel, Germany.
Krankenhaus MaraUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DEBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Freiburg · DEUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Classical teaching in epileptology localizes the origins of focal seizures solely in the cerebral cortex, with only inhibitory effects attributed to subcortical structures. However, electrophysiological and neuroimaging studies over the last decades now provide evidence for an initiation of epileptic seizures within subcortical structures. Intrinsic epileptogenicity of hypothalamic hamartoma has already been established in recognition of subcortical epilepsy, whereas a seizure-generating impact of dysplastic cerebellar lesions remains to be clarified. Herein, we examine the supportive evidence and clinical presentation of cerebellar seizures and review therapy options.

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AnimalsCerebellar DiseasesCerebellumEpilepsies, PartialHumansCerebellumEpilepsyHamartomaSeizuresSurgery

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PMID27260293
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