The surgery of epilepsy;Cirugía de la epilepsia

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 353-368

  Sanchez Alvarez J C ^a   Altuzarra Corral, A ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortical resection; Drug resistant epilepsy; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Pre surgical study of epilepsy; Resection of the temporal lobe; Surgery of epilepsy; Surgical techniques in epilepsy; Surgically epileptic syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SURGERY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0035899148     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3304.2000532     Document Type: Review

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