Surgical resection for intractable epilepsy in "double cortex" syndrome yields inadequate results

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1124-1129

  Bernasconi, A ^a   Martinez, V ^b   Rosa Neto, P ^c   D'Agostino, D ^a   Bernasconi, N ^a   Berkovic, S ^d   MacKay, M ^d   Simon Harvey, A ^d   Palmini, A ^b   Costa Da Costa, J ^b   Paglioli, Eliseu ^b   Kim, H I ^c   Connolly, M ^d   Olivier, A ^a   Dubeau, F ^a   Andermann, E ^a   Guerrini, R ^e   Whisler, W ^f   De Toledo Morrell, L ^f   Morrell, F ^f   Andermann, F ^a   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Double cortex; Intractable epilepsy; MRI; Subcortical band heterotopia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOUBLE CORTEX SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034796808     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.39900.x     Document Type: Article

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