How effective is surgery to cure seizures in drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 85-91

  Schmidt, Dieter ^a   Löscher, Wolfgang ^b  

^a Epilepsy Research Group   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

AED discontinuation; Cure; Epilepsy; Seizure control; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344943237     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2003.10.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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