Should patients be routinely assessed for cerebral vasospasm after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery?

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1196-1197

  O'Brien, Terence J ^a   Cascino, Gregory D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 84860708897     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318250d85b     Document Type: Editorial

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