Epilepsy in patients with spina bifida in the lumbosacral region

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-332

  Yoshida, Fumiaki ^a   Morioka, Takato ^a   Hashiguchi, Kimiaki ^a   Kawamura, Tadao ^a   Miyagi, Yasushi ^a   Nagata, Shinji ^a   Mihara, Futoshi ^a   Ohshio, Mayu ^b   Sasaki, Tomio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral abnormality; Cortical dysplasia; Epilepsy; Hydrocephalus; Spina bifida; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROGYRIA; MYELOSCHISIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGOCELE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748583777     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-006-0035-7     Document Type: Article

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