Epilepsy surgery: Recommendations for India

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-93

  Chandra, P Sarat ^a   Tripathi, Manjari ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; hemispherotomy; lesionectomy; Level I; Level II; multiple subpial transactions; resective surgery

Indexed keywords

DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; INDIA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77954236557     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.64625     Document Type: Review

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