Surgical treatment for epilepsy: A retrospective Swedish multicenter study

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 321-330

  Silander, H C ^a   Blom, S ^a   Malmgren, K ^b   Rosen I ^c   Uvebrant, P ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Epilepsy surgery; Multicenter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030743493     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00219.x     Document Type: Article

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