Modified functional hemispherectomy in hemimegalencephaly

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-128

  Yoshioka, Hiroshi ^a   Hasegawa, Koh ^a   Sakamoto, Takako ^a   Kihara, Minako ^a   Masuda, Atsushi ^a   Adachi, Shinsuke ^a   Sawada, Tadashi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Functional hemispherectomy; Hemimegalencephaly

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LIDOCAINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN; DISEASES IN TWINS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROSURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033020058     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(98)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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