Characteristics and surgical outcomes of patients with refractory magnetic resonance imaging-negative epilepsies

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1491-1499

  Bien, Christian G ^a   Szinay, Miriam ^a   Wagner, Jan ^a   Clusmann, Hans ^a   Becker, Albert J ^a   Urbach, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649089681     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.283     Document Type: Article

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