Surgical outcome and prognostic factors of pediatric epilepsy caused by cortical dysplasia

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 586-592

  Park, Chul Kee ^a   Kim, Seung Ki ^a   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a   Hwang, Yong Seung ^a   Kim, Ki Joong ^a   Chae, Jong Hee ^a   Chi, Je G ^a   Choe, Ghee Young ^a   Kim, Na Rae ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Pediatric epilepsy; Prognostic factor; School performance; Social behavior; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646746583     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0085-8     Document Type: Article

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