Landau-Kleffner syndrome with lateral temporal focal cortical dysplasia and mesial temporal sclerosis: A 30-year follow-up

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-503

  Blum, A ^a   Tremont, G ^a   Donahue, J ^a   Tung, G ^a   Duncan, J ^a   Buchbinder, B ^b   Gascon, G ^c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Landau Kleffner syndrome; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; DYSPEPSIA; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 34147116140     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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