Pharmacologically intractable epilepsy in children: Diagnosis and preoperative evaluation

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Go, Cristina ^a,b   Snead III, O Carter ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Medically intractable epilepsy; Presurgical evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; TIME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56649111456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/9/E2     Document Type: Review

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