Surgical treatment of epilepsy - Clinical, radiological and histopathological findings in 139 children and adults

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-15

  Eriksson, Sofia ^a,c   Malmgren, K ^a   Rydenhag, B ^a   Jonsson L ^b   Uvebrant, P ^b   Nordborg, C ^c  

^a Institute of Clinical Sciences   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Medicine   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Histopathology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microdysgenesis; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032946607     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb00652.x     Document Type: Article

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