Epilepsy surgery in Belgium, the flemish experience

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 6-18

  Boon, P ^a   Vandekerckhove, T ^a   Calliauw, L ^a   Achten, E ^a   De Reuck, J ^a   Thiery, E ^a   Caemaert, J ^a   Desomer, A ^a   Drieghe, C ^a   Vanbelleghem, H ^a   Vonck, K ^a   Defreyne, L ^a   Van Duyse, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizures; Epilepsy surgery; Refractory epilepsy; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030095591     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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