Long-term seizure outcome of surgery versus no surgery for drug-resistant partial epilepsy: A review of controlled studies

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1301-1309

  Schmidt, Dieter ^a   Stavem, Knut ^b,c  

^a Epilepsy Research Group   (Germany)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Chronic epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Long term outcome; Seizure prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66849128400     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01997.x     Document Type: Review

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