Treatment of refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2483-2484

  Kieling, Renata R ^a   Palmini, André ^a   Paglioli, Eliseu ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; MEMORY DISORDER; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84862488761     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.4987     Document Type: Letter

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