What is the current evidence on decision-making after referral for temporal lobe epilepsy surgery? A review of the literature

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 534-540

  Uijl, Sabine G ^a   Leijten, Frans S S ^a   Parra, Jaime ^b   Arends, Johan B A M ^c   van Huffelen, Alexander C ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Epilepsy surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

DECISION MAKING; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; REVIEW LITERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28944446861     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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