Anterior Temporal Lobectomy and Medically Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy of Childhood

Epilepsia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 302-312

  Mizrahi, Eli M ^a,b   Kellaway, Peter ^a   Grossman, Robert G ^b   Rutecki, Paul A ^a   Armstrong, Dawna ^b   Rettig, Gayle ^b   Loewen, Susan ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Childhood epilepsy; Children; Complex partial seizures; Neurosurgery; Seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; MESUXIMIDE; METHOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0025301887     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1990.tb05380.x     Document Type: Article

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