Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 6 , Pages 587-591 , December 2009

Psychiatric symptom changes after corticoamygdalohippocampectomy in patients with medial temporal lobe epilepsy through Symptom Checklist 90 Revised

  • Zhang Guangming, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Disorder, Yuquan Hospital, School of Medicine Tsinghua University, Beijing 100049, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
    • ,
  • Zhou Wenjing, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Disorder, Yuquan Hospital, School of Medicine Tsinghua University, Beijing 100049, China
    • ,
  • Chen Guoqiang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Disorder, Yuquan Hospital, School of Medicine Tsinghua University, Beijing 100049, China
    • ,
  • Zhu Yan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Institute of Neurological Disorder, Yuquan Hospital, School of Medicine Tsinghua University, Beijing 100049, China
    • ,
  • Zhang Fuquan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Institute of Neurological Disorder, Yuquan Hospital, School of Medicine Tsinghua University, Beijing 100049, China
    • ,
  • Zuo Huancong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Disorder, Yuquan Hospital, School of Medicine Tsinghua University, Beijing 100049, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Disorder, Yuquan Hospital, School of Medicine Tsinghua University, Beijing 100049, China. Tel.: +86 01088259973; fax: +86 01088255861.

Received 3 October 2008 ,Accepted 1 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.02.004

Surgical Neurology
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