Early hemispherectomy in catastrophic epilepsy. A neuro-cognitive and epileptic long-term follow-up

Seizure

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-63

  Lettori, D ^a   Battaglia, D ^a   Sacco, A ^a   Veredice, C ^a   Chieffo, D ^a   Massimi, L ^b   Tartaglione, T ^a   Chiricozzi, F ^a   Staccioli, S ^a   Mittica, A ^a   Di Rocco, C ^b   Guzzetta, F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catastrophic epilepsy; Cognitive development; Epileptic evolution; Hemispherectomy; Motor outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 37149050678     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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