Surgical treatment of epilepsy in Sturge-Weber syndrome in children

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 20-28

  Bourgeois, Marie ^a   Crimmins, Darach William ^b   De Oliveira, Ricardo Santos ^c   Arzimanoglou, Alexis ^d   Garnett, Matthew ^a   Roujeau, Thomas ^a   Di Rocco, Federico ^a   Sainte Rose, Christian ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Focal resection; Hemispherectomy; Hemispherotomy; Pediatric neurosurgery; Sturge Weber syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846920109     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2007.106.1.20     Document Type: Article

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