Corpus callosotomy for epilepsy: I. Seizure effects

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 19-24

  Spencer, S S ^a,b   Spencer, D D ^a,b   Williamson, P D ^a,b   Sass, K ^a,b   Novelly, R A ^a,b   Mattson, R H ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CALLOSECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0023836428     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.1.19     Document Type: Article

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