Driving after epilepsy surgery: Effects of visual field defects and epilepsy control

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 456-460

  Ray, A ^a   Pathak Ray, V ^a   Walters, R ^a   Hatfield, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driving; Epilepsy surgery; Mesial temporal sclerosis

Indexed keywords

VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRIVING ABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HOMONYMOUS QUADRANTANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 18744389446     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268869021000030258     Document Type: Article

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