Life-saving epilepsy surgery for status epilepticus caused by cortical dysplasia

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-208

  Kršek, Pavel ^a,b   Tichý, Michal ^a   Belšan, Tomáš ^a   Zámečník, Josef ^a   Paulas, Lukáš ^a   Faladová, Ludvika ^a   Jiruška, Prěmysl ^a   Maulisová, Alice ^a   Komárek, Vladimír ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Catastrophic infantile epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Histopathology; MRI; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; THIOPENTAL; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0036761620     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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