Bilateral epilepsy surgery in a 4-year-old child

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 360-363

  Fogarasi, András ^a,d   Neuwirth, M ^a   Hegyi, M ^a   Siegler, Z ^a   Barsi, P ^b   Gyorsok, Z ^c   Janszky, J ^b   Madarassy, G ^c   Bognar L ^c  

^a Bethesda Children's Hospital   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

^d EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral epilepsy surgery; Children; Focal cortical dysplasia; Intractable seizures; Occipital lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BLINDNESS; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; REOPERATION;

EID: 11144319353     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830368     Document Type: Article

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