Corpus callosotomy in children and the disconnection syndromes: A review

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 685-692

  Jea, Andrew ^a   Vachhrajani, Shobhan ^a   Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Nilsson, Daniel ^a   Raybaud, Charles ^a   Shroff, Manohar ^a   Rutka, James T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corpus callosotomy; Disconnection syndrome; Split brain syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING TRACTOGRAPHY; DISCONNECTION SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCIPITAL LOBE DISCONNECTION; PARIETAL LOBE DISCONNECTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS DISCONNECTION; PRECENTRAL GYRUS DISCONNECTION; PREFRONTAL LOBE DISCONNECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE DISCONNECTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BRAIN DISEASES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; SYNDROME;

EID: 43249084898     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0626-4     Document Type: Review

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