When should the pre-operative study of epileptic patients be carried out?;Cuando es oportuno efectuar el estudio prequirurgico de los pacientes con epilepsia?

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 25, Issue 139, 1997, Pages 379-385

  Sola, R G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

epilepsy surgery; epilepsy surgical syndromes; intractable epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGE; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 0030938354     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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