منابع مشابه
Unexpected marked seizure improvement in paediatric epilepsy surgery candidates
PURPOSE Epilepsy surgery is performed based on the assumption that medical refractory epilepsy will continue. Rarely seizure freedom occurs before surgery is performed, while the patient is being evaluated as an epilepsy surgery candidate. The aim of this study was to describe the number of children withdrawn from an epilepsy surgery programme due to unexpected seizure improvement. METHODS We...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australasian Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1032-335X,2208-6781
DOI: 10.21307/ajon-2020-007