Epilepsy surgery

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-87

  Dam, M ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Grids; MRI volumetry; Neurologic complications; Neuropsychology; PET; SPECT; Strips; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029781238     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb07034.x     Document Type: Review

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