Epilepsy surgery in China: Past, present, and future

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-193

  Xu, Lunshan ^a   Xu, Minhui ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy centers; Epilepsy surgery in China; International Bureau for Epilepsy; International League Against Epilepsy; Intractable epilepsy; Multidisciplinary research; Quality control; Treatment gap

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY SURGERY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CHINA; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 74549208478     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02871.x     Document Type: Review

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