Outcome of multiple subpial transections for autistic epileptiform regression

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 464-470

  Nass, Ruth ^a   Gross, Anna ^a   Wisoff, Jeff ^b   Devinsky, Orrin ^a  

^a Neurology   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PIA MATER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033065320     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(99)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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