Temporal lobe resection - Does the prospect of seizure freedom outweigh the cognitive risks? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 66-67

  Helmstaedter, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MEMORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 39049142635     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0657     Document Type: Short Survey

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