Epilepsy surgery in Belgium, the experience in Gent

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 256-265

  Boon, P ^a   Vandekerckhove, T ^a   Achten, E ^a   Thiery, E ^a   Goossens, L ^a   Vonck, K ^a   D'Have, M ^a   Van Hoey, G ^a   Vanrumste, B ^a   Legros, B ^a   Defreyne, L ^a   De Reuck, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizures; EEG; Epilepsy surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuropsychology; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033256437     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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