Early periinsular hemispherotomy in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome and intractable epilepsy - Outcome in eight patients

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-31

  Schropp, Christian ^a   Sorensen N ^b   Krauss J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral angiomatosis; Childhood epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Hemispherectomy; Hemispherotomy; Sturge Weber syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INSULA; INTERVIEW; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645661483     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923945     Document Type: Article

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