Refractory Epilepsy: Diagnosis and Management

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 290-294

  Kar, Alok Mohan ^a   Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Verma, Rajesh ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic drugs; Electroencephalographic monitoring; Epilepsy surgery; Epileptic syndromes; Refractory or intractable epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; DIET; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIET; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEIZURES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0041412741     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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