Approach to pediatric epilepsy surgery: State of the art, Part I: General principles and presurgical workup

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-114

  Obeid, Makram ^a,b   Wyllie, Elaine ^c   Rahi, Amal C ^a   Mikati, Mohamad A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Pediatric epilepsy; Presurgical evaluation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 60749113884     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2008.05.007     Document Type: Review

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