Should epilepsy surgery be used in the treatment of autistic regression?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Palac, Susan M ^a,d   Kanner, Andres M ^a   Andrews, Richard ^b   Patil, Arun A ^c  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Ra Neurological   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intractable epilepsy; Landau Kleffner syndrome; Magnetoencephalography; Multiple subpial transection; Video EEG telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC REGRESSION SYNDROME; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036554807     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2002.0341     Document Type: Article

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