Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery in Focal Lesions and Generalized Electroencephalogram Abnormalities

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-15

  Gupta, Ajay ^a   Chirla, Adina ^a   Wyllie, Elaine ^a   Lachhwani, Deepak K ^a   Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Bingaman, William E ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447257897     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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