Hemispherectomy for intractable seizures in children: A report of 58 cases

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 376-384

  Peacock, Warwick J ^a   Wehby Grant, Monica C ^a   Shields, W Donald ^a   Shewmon, D Alan ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^b   Sankar, Raman ^a   Vinters, Harry V ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Hemispherectomy; Infantile hemiplegia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029936069     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00395089     Document Type: Article

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