Subtemporal approach for medically intractable temporal lobe

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 977-985

  Hori, Tomokatsu ^a   Kondo, Shinji ^a   Takenobu, Atsumi ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy; Subtemporal approach; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; PETROUS BONE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030840155     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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