Surgical treatment of patients with single and dual pathology: Relevance of lesion and of hippocampal atrophy to seizure outcome

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 437-444

  Li, L M ^a,b,c   Cendes, F ^a   Watson, C ^d   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Fish, D R ^b,c   Dubeau, F ^a   Free, S ^b,c   Olivier, A ^a   Harkness, W ^b,c   Thomas, D G T ^b,c   Duncan, J S ^b,c   Sander, J W A S ^b,c   Shorvon, S D ^b,c   Cook, M J ^b,c   Arnold, D L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c Chalfont St Peter   (United Kingdom)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031027254     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.2.437     Document Type: Article

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