Strategies for surgical treatment of epilepsies in developing countries

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-385

  Asadi Pooya, Ali A ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Corpus callosotomy; Developing countries; Epilepsy; Lesionectomy

Indexed keywords

CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMOBARBITAL; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; BRAIN MAPPING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 39749088275     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01383.x     Document Type: Review

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