Resective epilepsy surgery in childhood: The Dutch experience 1992-2002

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 114-123

  Van Oijen, Marieke ^a   De Waal, Hanneke ^a   Van Rijen, Peter C ^b   Jennekens Schinkel, Aag ^a   van Huffelen, Alexander C ^b   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Onno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy surgery; Long term follow up; Outcome; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745921229     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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