Gamma knife radiosurgery for callosotomy in children with drug-resistant epilepsy

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1012-1017

  Eder, Hans Georg ^a   Feichtinger, Michael ^a   Pieper, Tom ^b   Kurschel, Senta ^a   Schroettner, Oskar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Neuropediatric Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Children; Epilepsy; Gamma knife; Hemispherotomy; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; FELBAMATE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746335991     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0138-z     Document Type: Article

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