Multiple subpial transection: a clinical assessment

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2001, Pages 547-569

  Polkey, C E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIA MATER; REVIEW;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PIA MATER;

EID: 0035197592     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(01)45028-8     Document Type: Article

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