Usefulness of magnetic motor evoked potentials in the surgical treatment of hemiplegic patients with intractable epilepsy

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Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 373-378

  Kamida, Tohru ^a   Baba, Hiroshi ^b   Ono, Kenji ^c   Yonekura, Masato ^b   Fujiki, Minoru ^a   Kobayashi, Hidenori ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Yokoo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Hemiplegic patient; Magnetic MEPs; Motor function; Reorganisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGYRIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ENCEPHALITIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MICROGYRIA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SCHIZENCEPHALY; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0041353784     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(02)00339-4     Document Type: Article

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