Huh? Hemispherectomy in adults? An exercise in risk-benefit analysis

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-259

  Benbadis, Selim ^a   Vale, Fernando ^a   Dubeau, François ^b   Duchowny, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE;

DECISION MAKING; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70449644809     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0269     Document Type: Note

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