Practice parameter: Temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy - Report of the quality standards subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, in association with the American Epilepsy Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 538-547

  Engel Jr , J ^a   Wiebe, S ^b   French, J ^b   Sperling, M ^b   Williamson, P ^b   Spencer, D ^b   Gumnit, R ^b   Zahn, C ^b   Westbrook, E ^b   Enos, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037465442     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000055086.35806.2D     Document Type: Article

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