Assessing changes over time in temporal lobectomy: Outcome by scoring seizure frequency

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-125

  So, Elson L ^a,b   Radhakrishnan, Kurapath ^a,c   Silbert, Peter L ^a,d   Cascino, Gregory D ^a   Sharbrough, Frank W ^a   O'Brien, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b American Epilepsy Society   (United States)

^c SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Epileptic seizures; Outcome; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17444450666     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(97)01028-0     Document Type: Article

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