Hemispherotomy for intractable epilepsy

Neurology India

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Chandra, Poodipedi ^a   Padma, Vasantha ^a   Shailesh, Gaikwad ^a   Chandreshekar, Bal ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a   Tripathi, Manjari ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Developing country; Epilepsia partialis continua; Epilepsy surgery; Hemimegelencephaly; Hemispherotomy; India; Rasmussen's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND GRIP; HEMIMEGELENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHEROTOMY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POSTSTROKE; POSTTRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOMALACIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47949129171     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.41988     Document Type: Article

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