The surgical effect of callosotomy in the treatment of intractable seizure

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-240

  Kim, Dong Seok ^a   Yang, Kook Hee ^a   Kim, Tae Gon ^a   Chang, Jong Hee ^a   Chang, Jin Woo ^a   Choi, Joong Uhn ^a   Lee, Byung In ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Disconnection syndrome; Drop attack; Generalized seizure; Intractable seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LOBECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442698839     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.2.233     Document Type: Article

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