Epilepsy surgery in tuberous sclerosis complex: Early predictive elements and outcome

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1437-1445

  Teutonico, F ^a   Mai, R ^b   Devinsky, O ^c   Lo Russo, G ^b   Weiner, H L ^c   Borrelli, P ^a   Balottin, U ^a   Veggiotti, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Surgery; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTECTOMY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LESIONECTOMY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349099607     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0679-4     Document Type: Article

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