Epilepsy surgery: Past, present and future

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-184

  Wieser, Heinz Gregor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

BRAIN SURGERY; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031926216     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80032-0     Document Type: Editorial

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