Surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy in older patients

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 242-248

  Boling, Warren ^b   Andermann, Frederick ^b   Reutens, David ^b   Dubeau, François ^b   Caporicci, Laetitia ^b   Olivier, André ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Epilepsy surgery; Seizure surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0034872495     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2001.95.2.0242     Document Type: Article

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