Should we reconsider epilepsy surgery? The motivation of patients once rejected

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-377

  Zijlmans, Maeike ^a   Buskens, Erik ^b   Hersevoort, Maaike ^a   Huiskamp, Geertjan ^a   van Huffelen, Alexander C ^a   Leijten, Frans S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; MRI; Quality of life; Source localization; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 42949104108     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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