Why would you remove half a brain? The outcome of 58 children after hemispherectomy - The Johns Hopkins Experience 1968 to 1996

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-171

  Vining, Eileen P G ^a   Freeman, John M ^a,b   Pillas, Diana J ^a   Uematsu, Sumio ^a   Carson, Benjamin S ^a   Brandt, Jason ^a   Boatman, Dana ^a   Pulsifer, Margaret B ^a   Zuckerberg, Aaron ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Epilepsy surgery; Hemispherectomy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030855331     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.2.163     Document Type: Article

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