Intractable reflex audiogenic epilepsy successfully treated by peri-insular hemispherotomy

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 486-490

  Martinez Mañas, Rosa ^a   Daniel, Roy Thomas ^a   Debatisse, Damien ^a   Maeder Ingvar, Malin ^a   Meagher Villemure, Kathleen ^a   Villemure, Jean Guy ^a   Deonna, Thierry ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hemispherectomy; Infantile hemiplegia; Intractable epilepsy; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; BIRTH INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANTILE HEMIPLEGIA SEIZURE SYNDROME; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX EPILEPSY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STARTLE EPILEPSY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LITERATURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; REVIEW LITERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344639919     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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