Initial outcomes in the Multicenter Study of Epilepsy Surgery

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1680-1685

  Spencer, Susan S ^a   Berg, A T ^b   Vickrey, B G ^c   Sperling, M R ^d   Bazil, C W ^e   Shinnar, S ^f   Langfitt, J T ^g   Walczak, T S ^h   Pacia, S V ⁱ   Ebrahimi, N ^b   Frobish, D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Columbia University Medical School ^*  (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^h Minnesota Comprehensive Epilepsy Program   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9144263757     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000098937.35486.A3     Document Type: Article

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