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New Approaches Have Not Increased the Rate of Epilepsy Surgery


 

—Alicia Ault
IMNG Medical News

Suggested Reading

Engel J Jr, Wiebe S, French J, et al. Practice parameter: temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, in association with the American Epilepsy Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Neurology. 2003;60(4):538-547.
Englot DJ, Ouyang D, Garcia PA, et al. Epilepsy surgery trends in the United States, 1990-2008. Neurology. 2012;78(16):1200-1206.

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