Corpus callosotomy: Seizure and psychosocial outcome A 39-month follow-up of 20 patients

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-85

  Andersen, Birgit ^a,b   Rogvi Hansen, Bjarke Á ^a   Kruse Larsen, Christian ^b   Dam, Mogens ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corpus callosotomy; Psychosocial study; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0029912245     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(95)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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