The running down phenomenon in temporal lobe epilepsy

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 989-996

  Salanova, Vicenta ^a,b   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Rasmussen, Theodore ^a   Olivier, André ^a   Quesney, Luis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029946186     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.3.989     Document Type: Article

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