Epilepsy Research
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 57-63 , May 1996

Multiple subpial transection: report of 7 cases

  • Alain Rougier

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Neuro-Imagerie Expérimentales, Université de Bordeaux II, 146 rue Léo Saignat, BP 78, 33076 Bordeaux Cédex, France. Tel.: (33) 57-57-15-52; fax: (33) 56-51-52-48.
    • Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuropsychology, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France
    • Address reprint requests to: Professeur A. Rougier, Service de neurochirurgie. Hôpital Pellegrin. 33076 Bordeaux cedex France.
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  • Lars Sundstrom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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  • Bernard Claverie

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuropsychology, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France
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  • Jean-Marc Saint-Hilaire

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Raymonde Labrecque

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Dominique Lurton

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuropsychology, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France
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  • Guy Bouvier

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Received 8 October 1995 ,Revised 7 February 1996 ,Accepted 9 February 1996.

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