Epilepsy in children with shunted hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 274-281

  Bourgeois, Marie ^a   Sainte Rose, Christian ^a   Cinalli, Giuseppe ^a   Maixner, Wirginia ^a   Malucci, Conor ^a   Zerah, Michel ^a   Pierre Kahn, Alain ^a   Renier, Dominique ^a   Hoppe Hirsch, Elisabeth ^a   Aicardi, Jean ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hydroeephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0032904330     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.2.0274     Document Type: Article

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