Outcome of corpus callosotomy and other pediatric epilepsy surgery: Parental perceptions

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 197-202

  Sassower, Kenneth C ^a   Rollinson, Denise C ^a   Duchowny, Michael ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intractable epilepsy; Parental opinions; Pediatric epilepsy surgery; Quality of life; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035716028     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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