Temporal lobectomy for refractory epilepsy in the U.S. military

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-205

  Erickson, Jay C ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^b   Khajevi, Kaveh ^d   Mulligan, Lisa ^d   Ford, Gwendolyn C ^a   Jabbari, Bahman ^c  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT; ENGEL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 19544376336     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.3.201     Document Type: Review

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