Corpus callosotomy in Colombia and some reflections on care and research among the poor in developing countries

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2000, Pages

  Fandiño Franky, Jaime ^a,c   Torres, M ^a   Narino D ^a   Fandiño, Javier ^b  

^a Neurological Hospital   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Hospital Neurologico LCE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Colombian League Against Epilepsy; Cost of surgery; Developing countries; Epilepsy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033884807     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb01541.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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