Long-term seizure and psychosocial outcomes of epilepsy surgery

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Téllez Zenteno, José F ^a   Wiebe, Samuel ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 58649106173     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-008-0028-7     Document Type: Review

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