Hemispherectomy in early infantile epileptic encephalopathy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-44

  Hamiwka, Lorie ^a   Duchowny, Michael ^a,b   Alfonso, Israel ^a   Liu, Edward ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood epilepsy; Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy; Epilepsy surgery; Hemispherectomy; Ohtahara syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIKE WAVE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 34249855018     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807299974     Document Type: Article

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