The significance of bilateral EEG abnormalities before and after hemispherectomy in children with unilateral major hemisphere lesions

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-73

  Döring, Steffi ^a   Cross, Helen ^a   Boyd, Stewart ^a   Harkness, William ^a   Neville, Brian ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral EEG abnormalities; Epilepsy; Hemispherectomy; Outcome; Outcome clinical audit; Unilateral major hemisphere lesions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345059933     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00101-6     Document Type: Article

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