Extratemporal epilepsy in children: Candidate selection and surgical treatment

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 842-850

  Pomata, H B ^a   Gonzalez R ^a   Bartuluchi, M ^a   Petre, C A ^d   Ciraolo, C ^e   Caraballo, R ^a   Cersosimo R ^a   Tenembaum, S ^a   Soprano, A M ^a   Medina, C S ^c   Rabinowicz, A ^b   Waisburg, H ^c   Taratuto, A L ^a   Taratuto, A ^b   Monges, J ^a  

^a Neurology Department   (Argentina)

^b FLENI   (Argentina)

^c Epileptological Surgery Center (CECE)   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^e HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Extratemporal pediatric epilepsy; Intraoperative ECoG; Resective and disconnecting procedures; Symptomatic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033638980     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003819900237     Document Type: Article

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