Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 330-334 , July 2010

Anterior temporal lobectomy combined with anterior corpus callosotomy in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and mental retardation

  • Shuli Liang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Epilepsy Therapy Center, First Affiliated Hospital of General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 13439390206.
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  • Anmin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Epilepsy Therapy Center, First Affiliated Hospital of General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China
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  • Ming Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Epilepsy Therapy Center, First Affiliated Hospital of General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China
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  • Hong Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Capital Epilepsy Therapy Center, First Affiliated Hospital of General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China
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  • Xiaolun Meng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China
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  • Yajing Sun

      Affiliations

    • Capital Epilepsy Therapy Center, First Affiliated Hospital of General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China

Received 22 November 2009 ,Revised 2 May 2010 ,Accepted 7 May 2010.

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PII: S1059-1311(10)00105-6

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.05.001

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 330-334 , July 2010

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