Clinical and electroencephalographic features of infantile spasms associated with malformations of cortical development

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-27

  Hoon, Chul Kang ^a   Yong, Soon Hwang ^a   Jung, Chae Park ^a   Woo, Ho Cho ^a   Soung, Hee Kim ^a   Heung, Dong Kim ^b   Sang, Keun Park ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Infantile spasms; Malformations of cortical development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29144501410     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089505     Document Type: Article

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