Comparison of corpus callosotomy and vagus nerve stimulation in children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-199

  You, Su Jeong ^a   Kang, Hoon Chul ^a   Ko, Tae Sung ^b   Kim, Heung Dong ^c   Yum, Mi Sun ^b   Hwang, Yong Soon ^d   Lee, Jung Kyo ^b   Kim, Dong Suk ^c   Park, Sang Keun ^c  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corpus callosotomy; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PSYCHOSURGERY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 39449105088     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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