Epilepsy Research
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 185-194 , February 1998

Multivariable prediction of seizure outcome one year after resective epilepsy surgery: development of a model with independent validation

  • Anne T Berg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Thaddeus Walczak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Columbia University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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  • Lawrence J Hirsch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Columbia University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Susan S Spencer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

Received 1 May 1997 ,Revised 8 September 1997 ,Accepted 9 September 1997.

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Epilepsy Research
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 185-194 , February 1998

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