Epileptiform and non-epileptiform paroxysmal activity from isolated cortex after functional hemispherectomy

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 437-442

  Wennberg, R A ^a   Quesney, L F ^a   Villemure, J G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burst suppression; Electrocorticography (ECOG); Epilepsy; Epileptiform activity; Functional hemispherectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031149944     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-884X(97)96047-1     Document Type: Article

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