Outcome and life prospects after surgical management of medically intractable epilepsy in patients under 18 years of age

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 530-535

  Keene, Daniel L ^a,b   Higgins, Michael J ^a   Ventureyra, Enrique C G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Outcome; Pediatric; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030695931     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050132     Document Type: Article

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