The timing of surgical intervention for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A plan for a randomized clinical trial

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1338-1341

  Engel Jr , Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCAL EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032733757     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.11.1338     Document Type: Review

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