Seizure outcome after epilepsy surgery in children and adolescents

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 740-748

  Wyllie, Elaine ^a   Comair, Youssef G ^a,b   Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Bulacio, Juan ^a   Bingaman, William ^a   Ruggieri, Paul ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031738055     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440507     Document Type: Article

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