Surgical outcomes in patients with epileptogenic tumours and cavernomas in Sweden: Good seizure control but late referrals

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-53

  Rydenhag, Bertil ^a   Flink, Roland ^b   Malmgren, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871232680     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-302449     Document Type: Article

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