No evidence of epilepsy following endoscopic third ventriculostomy: A short-term follow-up

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 121-123

  Kramer, Uri ^a,b   Kanner, Andrew A ^a   Siomin, Vitale ^a   Harel, Shaul ^a   Constantini, Shlomi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Child Developmental Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIRD VENTRICLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0035019666     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056006     Document Type: Article

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