Prognostic factors in presurgical assessment of frontal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 350-356

  Ferrier, C H ^a,b   Engelsman, J ^a,b   Alarcon G ^a,c   Binnie, C D ^a   Polkey, C E ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Presurgical assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032961822     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.3.350     Document Type: Article

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