Psychosocial function following temporal lobectomy: influence of seizure control and learned helplessness

Seizure

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 171-176

  Chovaz, Cathy J ^a   McLachlan, Richard S ^a   Derry, Paul A ^b   Cummings, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Coastal Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

behaviour; epilepsy; partial seizures; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0028074469     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(05)80185-2     Document Type: Article

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