Temporal lobe resection for refractory temporal lobe epilepsy at Auckland Hospital

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1305, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Suppiah, Ravi ^a   Mee, Edward ^a   Walker, Elizabeth B ^a   Roberts, Lynair ^a   Finucane, Gregory ^a   Bergin, Peter S ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73249131390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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