A survey of adult and pediatric epilepsy surgery in the United Kingdom

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Neligan, Aidan ^a   Haliasos, Nik ^b   Pettorini, Benedetta ^b   Harkness, William F J ^b   Solomon, Juliet K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Society of British Neurological Surgeons   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Epilepsy surgery; Pediatric; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSURGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84876911029     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12148     Document Type: Article

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