Operative Strategies for Patients with Cortical Dysplastic Lesions and Intractable Epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 35, Issue , 1994, Pages S57-S71

  Palmini, André ^a   Gambardella, Antonio ^b   Andermann, Frederick ^b   Dubea, François ^b   da Cos, Jaderson Costa ^b   Olivi, André ^b   Tampie, Donatella ^b   Robitaill, Yvon ^c   Paglioli, Eduardo ^a   Neto, Eliseu Paglioli ^a   Coutinho, Ligia ^d   Kim, Hyoung‐Ihl ^e  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Faculdade de Ciências Médicas ^*  (Brazil)

^e Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex ; Developmental biology; Electroencephalography ; Epilepsy ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Neurologic manifestations ; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; INSULA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 0028225365     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb05989.x     Document Type: Article

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