Multiple subpial transection for intractable partial seizures: Seizure outcome

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 86-91

  Pacia, Steven V ^a,b   Devinsky, Orrin ^a   Perrine, Kenneth ^a   Luciano, Daniel J ^a   Vazquez, Blanca ^a   Doyle, Werner K ^a   Dogali, Michael ^a   Abramson, Helene S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Multiple subpial transections; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031552129     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(96)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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