Epilepsy surgery in childhood: No longer the treatment of last resort

CMAJ

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 973-974

  Ibrahim, George M ^a,b   Rutka, James T ^a,b   Snead, O Carter ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 84907168747     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.140427     Document Type: Note

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