In refractory temporal lobe epilepsy, consider surgery sooner

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 649-653

  Lachhwani, Redeepak ^a   Lüders, Hans ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043092573     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.70.7.649     Document Type: Article

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