Morbidity associated with the use of intracranial electrodes for epilepsy surgery

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-227

  Burneo, Jorge G ^a   Steven, David A ^a   McLachlan, Richard S ^a   Parrent, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 33744931385     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100005023     Document Type: Review

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