National epilepsy surgery program: Realistic goals and pragmatic solutions

Neurology India

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-129

  Rathore, Chaturbhuj ^a   Rao, Malla Bhaskara ^b   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^c  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Drug resistant epilepsy; epilepsy surgery; treatment gap

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROSURGEON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; READING; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STIGMA; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 84901436626     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.132318     Document Type: Review

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