On the surgical treatment of refractory epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 311-318

  Baumgartner, James E ^a   Whelessh, James W ^a   Kulkarni, Sri ^a   Northrup, Hope ^a   Au, Kit Sing ^a   Smith, Andrew ^a   Brookshire, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Magnetic source imaging; Magnetoencephalography; Molecular analysis of germ line mutations; Refractory epilepsy; TSC1; TSC2; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031401985     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121276     Document Type: Article

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