Outcome of temporal lobectomy in adolescents

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 198-205

  Lewis, Darrell V ^d   Thompson Jr , Robert J ^e   Santos, Cesar C ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b   Radtke, Rodney A ^e   Friedman, Allen H ^e   Lee, Namsoo ^e   Swartzwelder, H Scott ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Alabama   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Outcome; Partial seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030218931     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0896-6974(96)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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