Differentiating between benign and less benign: Epilepsy surgery in symptomatic frontal lobe epilepsy associated with benign focal epileptiform discharges of childhood

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 456-461

  Altenmüller, Dirk Matthias ^a   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign focal epileptiform discharges of childhood; Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Frontal lobe; Idiopathic benign focal epilepsy of childhood; Symptomatic focal epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOSURGERY; VIDEODISC RECORDING;

EID: 34250357612     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807301919     Document Type: Article

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