The Cognitive Outcome of Hemispherectomy in 71 Children

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-254

  Pulsifer, Margaret B ^a   Brandt, Jason ^b   Salorio, Cynthia F ^b   Vining, Eileen P G ^b   Carson, Benjamin S ^b   Freeman, John M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemispherectomy; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542723647     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.15303.x     Document Type: Article

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