General neuropsychological characteristics of frontal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-177

  Upton, Dominic ^a,b,c   Thompson, Pamela J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe; Human epilepsy; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0029966411     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(95)00096-8     Document Type: Article

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