Crossed cerebellar diaschisis secondary to refractory frontal seizures in childhood

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 489-493

  Mewasingh, L D ^a   Christiaens, F ^a   Aeby, A ^a   Christophe, C ^a   Dan, B ^a  

^a HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebellar diaschisis; Cortical dysplasia; Corticopontocerebellar pathway; Epilepsy; Frontal lobe; SPECT

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; HALOTHANE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; STEROID; TECHNETIUM 99M; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TIME; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036905176     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(02)00139-5     Document Type: Article

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