The early years of hemispherectomy

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-140

  De Almeida, Antonio Nogueira ^a,b   Marino Jr , Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Neurológico de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hemispherectomy; Infantile hemiplegia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS;

EID: 21344437253     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085870     Document Type: Article

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