Trends in presurgical evaluation and surgical treatment of epilepsy at one centre from 1988-2009

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-61

  Bien, Christian G ^a   Raabe, Anna L ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a   Becker, Albert ^a   Urbach, Horst ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIOTEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 84871209064     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-301763     Document Type: Article

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