Barriers to the Management of Patients with Surgically Remediable Intractable Epilepsy

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-152

  Swarztrauber, Kari ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 1642542529     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900008506     Document Type: Review

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