The surgical treatment of the epilepsies: Criteria for the selection of patients and results;Tratamiento quirurgico de las epilepsias: Criterios de seleccion de pacientes y resultados

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Viteri, C ^a   Iriarte, J ^a   Schlumberger, E ^a   Manrique, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Pronostic; Results; Surgery; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033931058     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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