Outcomes after surgery for focal epilepsy in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 587-591

  Kan, Peter ^a   Orman, Colin ^a   Kestle, John R W ^a,b  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Focallesion; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449138746     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0545-9     Document Type: Article

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