Epilepsy surgery in Argentina: Long-term results in a comprehensive epilepsy centre

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 442-445

  Donadío, Martín ^a   D'Giano, Carlos ^a   Moussalli, Mauricio ^a   Barrios, Leonardo ^a   Ugarnes, Gabriela ^a   Segalovich, Mónica ^a   Pociecha, Juan ^a   Vázquez, Claudio ^a   Petre, Cesar ^a   Pomata, Hugo ^a  

^a FLENI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentinean epilepsy surgery series; Long term outcome; Pathology outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSOTOMY; CHILD; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LESIONECTOMY; LOBECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING; WADA TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958261774     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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