Epilepsy surgery in a patient with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and cortical dysplasia

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-170

  You, Su Jeong ^a   Lee, Jung Kyo ^b   Ko, Tae Sung ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lennox Gastaut syndrome (LGS); Secondary bilateral synchrony (SBS); Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LESIONECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPIKE WAVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33846923409     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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