Role of surgery in pediatric epilepsy

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-273

  Daniel, Roy Thomas ^a   Thomas, Santhosh George ^a   Thomas, Maya ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Focal epilepsy; Hemispheric epilepsy; Intractable epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REVIEW; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247523827     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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