Hemispherectomy for intractable epilepsy in adults: The first reported series

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-376

  McClelland III, Shearwood ^a,b   Maxwell, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34247603386     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21084     Document Type: Article

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