Surgical management of independent bihemispheric seizure foci

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 203-207

  Patil, Arun Angelo ^a,c   Andrews, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Epilepsy Unit   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bihemispheric seizure foci; Epilepsy surgery; Intractable seizures; Subpial transections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030752853     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(97)84200-4     Document Type: Article

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