Predictors of Intelligence after Temporal Lobectomy in Children with Epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-19

  Miranda, Charmaine ^a   Smith, Mary Lou ^b,c  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; intelligence; temporal lobectomy; surgery; outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002616187     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2000.0142     Document Type: Article

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