Epilepsy Surgery Outcomes: Quality of Life and Seizure Control

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Zupanc, Mary L ^a,b   dos Santos Rubio, Elliane J ^c   Werner, Rhonda R ^b   Schwabe, Michael J ^a,b   Mueller, Wade M ^a,b   Lew, Sean M ^a,b   Marcuccilli, Charles J ^a,b   O'Connor, Sunila E ^a,b   Chico, Maria S ^a   Eggener, Kathy A ^a   Hecox, Kurt E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71149105109     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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