A prospective study of the early postsurgical psychiatric associations of epilepsy surgery

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 601-604

  Ring, H A ^a,b   Moriarty, J ^a   Trimble, M R ^a  

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

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Neuropsychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031900402     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.5.601     Document Type: Article

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