Epilepsy surgery in children, with special attention to focal cortical resections

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 204-215

  Nordli Jr , Douglas R ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GANGLIONEUROMA; GLIOMA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0033802918     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/spen.2000.9217     Document Type: Article

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