Surgical treatment of a case of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression-bursts associated with focal cortical dysplasia

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-369

  Komaki, Hirofumi ^b   Sugai, Kenji ^c   Sasaki, Masayuki ^c   Hashimoto, Toshiaki ^c   Arai, Nobutaka ^c   Takada, Eiko ^c   Maehara, Taketoshi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

EIEE; Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Ohtahara syndrome; Suppression burst

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; LIDOCAINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0007809160     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00719.x     Document Type: Article

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