Employment after anterior temporal lobectomy

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 925-931

  Zarroli, Katherine ^a   Tracy, Joseph I ^b,c   Nei, Maromi ^b,c   Sharan, Ashwini ^a,b   Sperling, Michael R ^b,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving; Employment; Epilepsy surgery; Seizure; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKING ANIMAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79955893813     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03098.x     Document Type: Article

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