Surgical treatment of epilepsy in children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-188

  Wyllie, Elaine ^a  

^a Department of Neurology S51   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032169833     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00062-9     Document Type: Review

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