A prospective study of the requirement for and the provision of epilepsy surgery in the United Kingdom

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 673-676

  Lhatoo, Samden D ^a   Solomon, Juliet K ^b   McEvoy, Andrew W ^b   Kitchen, Neil D ^b   Shorvon, Simon D ^b   Sander, Josemir W ^b  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Prospective; Treatment gap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CRANIOTOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEUROSURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0037989692     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.46002.x     Document Type: Article

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