Treatment of seizures in subcortical laminar heterotopia with corpus callosotomy and lamotrigine

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 282-288

  Vossler, David G ^a,c   Lee, Jung Kyo ^b   Ko, Tae Sung ^b  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Epilepsy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPHENOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

EID: 0345280718     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901400503     Document Type: Article

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