Long-term seizure outcome in patients initially seizure-free after resective epilepsy surgery

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 445-450

  Yoon, H H ^a   Kwon, H L ^a   Mattson, R H ^a   Spencer, D D ^a   Spencer, S S ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042432052     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000081226.51886.5B     Document Type: Article

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