Delayed complications thirty-six years after hemispherectomy: A case report

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 758-762

  Kalkanis, Steven N ^a   Blumenfeld, Hal ^a   Sherman, Janet C ^a   Krebs, David E ^a   Irizarry, Michael C ^a   Parker, Stephen W ^a   Cosgrove, G Rees ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemispherectomy; Intractable epilepsy; Locomotion testing; Neuropsychologic testing; Superficial cerebral hemosiderosis; Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEGLECT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029797611     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00648.x     Document Type: Article

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