Selective amygdalohippocampectomy via the transsylvian approach

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Adada, Badih ^a,b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy; Epilepsy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 56649121677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/9/E5     Document Type: Review

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