Epilepsy surgery: historical highlights 1909-2009.
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This review focuses on some historical highlights of the surgery of epilepsy, beginning with the reports of Horsley, Krause, and Cushing to which appeared in 1909, the year that The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) was inaugurated. We then outline key contributions from Europe and North America, and examine particularly the evolution of our understanding of temporal lobe seizures, which have now become the most common form of epilepsy amenable to surgical cure.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Epilepsia
دوره 50 Suppl 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009