Late-onset epilepsy in a surgically-treated Sturge-Weber patient

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 312-318

  Jacobs, Julia ^a   LeVan, Pierre ^a   Olivier, André ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Dubeau, François ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intractable epilepsy; Migraine; Sturge Wber; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTOMA; SEIZURE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 57049125758     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2008.0226     Document Type: Article

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