Early functional hemispherectomy in hemimegalencephaly associated to refractory epilepsy;Hemisferectomia funcional precoce na hemimegalencefalia associasada à epilepsia refratária

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1063-1067

  Fonseca, Luiz Fernando ^a,b   De Melo, Renato Pacheco ^a   Cukiert, Arthur ^c,d   Burattini, Jose Augusto ^c   Mariani, Pedro Paulo ^c   Brandão, Ródio ^c   Ceda, Lauro ^c   Mella Baldauf, Cristine ^c   Argentoni, Meire ^c   Forster, Cássio ^c   Baise, Carla ^c  

^a FUNDAÇÃO HOSPITALAR DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Mater Dei   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL BRIGADEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Hosp Brigadeiro/Clin Epilepsia ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hemimegalencephaly; Hemispherectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944364145     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2004000600024     Document Type: Article

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