Long-term outcome after surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy in children

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages 401-412

  Mittal, Sandeep ^a   Montes, José L ^a,b   Farmer, Jean Pierre ^a   Rosenblatt, Bernard ^a   Dubeau, François ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Poulin, Nicole ^a   Olivier, André ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intractable epilepsy; Outcome; Pediatric neurosurgery; Seizure; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN SURGERY; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944457140     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2005.103.5.0401     Document Type: Article

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