Surgical treatment of refractory epilepsy

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-356

  Shields, W Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPSY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INFANTILE SPASM; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 4544275212     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-996-0027-5     Document Type: Article

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