Cerebral hemispherectomy in infants and young children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 967-973

  Flack, Sean ^a   Ojemann, Jeff ^a   Haberkern, Charles ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hemispherectomy; Infants; Neurosurgery; Seizure surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51349102607     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02713.x     Document Type: Article

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