Hemimegalencephaly and epilepsy: An overview

Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-105

  Terra Bustamante, Vera C ^a   Machado, Hélio R ^a   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hemimegalencephly; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846837355     PISSN: 16762649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-26492006000300010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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