Referral pattern for epilepsy surgery after evidence-based recommendations: A retrospective study

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 699-704

  Haneef, Zulfi ^a   Stern, John ^a   Dewar, Sandra ^a   Engel, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957946014     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181eee457     Document Type: Article

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