The Surgery of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy I—Historical Development, Patient Selection, and Seizure Outcome

Blue Books of Neurology

Volumn 33, Issue C, 2009, Pages 294-306

  Moran, Nicholas ^a   Shorvon, Simon ^a  

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EID: 84926977936     PISSN: 1877184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-6171-7.00019-4     Document Type: Chapter

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