Approach to pediatric epilepsy surgery: State of the art, Part II: Approach to specific epilepsy syndromes and etiologies

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-127

  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; Epilepsy syndromes; Pediatric epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEST SYNDROME;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60749114203     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2008.05.003     Document Type: Review

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