Seizure outcome after corpus callosotomy: The Taiwan experience

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-92

  Kwan, Shang Yeong ^a,b   Wong, Tai Tong ^a,b   Chang, Kai Ping ^a,b   Chi, Ching Shiang ^a,b   Yang, Tsui Fen ^a,b   Lee, Ying Chiao ^a,b   Guo, Wan Yuo ^a,b   Su, Ming Shung ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Corpus callosum; Lennox Gastaut syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034057151     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050018     Document Type: Article

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