Assessment of the long-term effects of epilepsy surgery with three different reference groups

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1865-1869

  Bien, Christian G ^a   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^a,b   Soeder, Bettina M ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Long term outcome; Quality of life; Seizure control; Seizure outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33750923714     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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