Surgical treatment of epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis: Strategies and results in 18 patients

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1263-1269

  Guerreiro, M M ^a,c   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Andermann, E ^a   Palmini, A ^b   Hwang, P ^d   Hoffman, H J ^d   Otsubo, H ^d   Bastos, A ^a   Dubeau, F ^a   Snipes, G J ^a   Olivier, A ^a   Rasmussen, T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d Montreal Neurol Hosp and Institute ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031798268     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1263     Document Type: Article

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