Outcome of hemispheric surgeries for refractory epilepsy in pediatric patients

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-326

  Terra Bustamante, Vera Cristina ^a   Inuzuka, Luciana Midori ^a   Fernandes, Regina Maria França ^a   Escorsi Rosset, Sara ^a   Wichert Ana, Lauro ^a   Alexandre Jr , Veriano ^a   Bianchin, Marino M ^a   Araújo, David ^a   Santos, Antônio Carlos ^a   Oliveira dos Santos, Ricardo ^a   Machado, Helio Rubens ^a,b   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Cirurgia de Epilepsia CIREP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery in children; Hemispherotomy; Outcome of hemispheric surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONIC SEIZURE; TREND STUDY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846675341     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0212-6     Document Type: Article

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