Factors associated with work outcome after anterior temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 689-695

  Reeves, A L ^a   So, E L ^a   Evans, R W ^a   Cascino, G D ^a   Sharbrough, F W ^a   O'Brien, P C ^a   Trenerry, Max R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epileptic seizures; Socioeconomic outcome; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

EID: 0030967505     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01238.x     Document Type: Article

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