Long-term psychosocial outcomes of anterior temporal lobectomy

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 896-903

  Jones, Jana E ^a   Berven, Norman L ^b   Ramirez, Lincoln ^a   Woodard, Austin ^a   Hermann, Bruce P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Epilepsy; Neuropsychology; Psychosocial outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRIVING ABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036333890     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.43201.x     Document Type: Article

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