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Surgical Treatment for Convexity Focal Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Shimizu Hiroyuki
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1992.tb00868.x
Subject(s) - convexity , focus (optics) , epilepsy , selection (genetic algorithm) , epilepsy surgery , medicine , surgery , psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , economics , physics , financial economics , optics
Fifty‐four cases with intractable convexity focal epilepsy were analyzed with regard to surgical treatment. To acquire satisfactory results, preoperative precise localization of focus and selection of relevant operative methods are indicated.