Successful neurosurgical treatment of childhood complex partial status epilepticus with focal resection

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 468-471

  Ng, Yu Tze ^a,b   Kim, Howard L ^a   Wheless, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Focal resection; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONVULSION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGURIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PARIETAL LOBE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037347253     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.40302.x     Document Type: Article

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