Corpus callosotomy: A palliative therapeutic technique may help identify resectable epileptogenic foci

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 545-553

  Clarke, Dave F ^a   Wheless, James W ^a   Chacon, Monica M ^b   Breier, Joshua ^c   Koenig, Mary Kay ^c   McManis, Mark ^b   Castillo, Edward ^c   Baumgartner, James E ^c  

^a Le Bonheur Comprehensive Epilepsy Program   (United States)

^b Pediatric Neurology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosotomy; Epilepsy surgery; Intractable epilepsy; Pediatric epilepsy; Seizure

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547693125     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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