Functional hemispherectomy in adult patients with catastrophic epilepsy: A new therapeutic indication?;La hemisferectomía funeional en pacientes adultos con epilepsia catastrófica: ¿una nueva indicacion terapéutica?

Neurologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-8

  Medina, M T ^a,c   Kraemer, D ^b   Solano, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^b Swedish Epilepsy Center   (United States)

^c Instituto de Neurociencias Calle Yoro ^*  (Honduras)

Author keywords

Catastrophic epilepsies. Adults; Functional hemispherectomy

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADULT; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449090260     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: 15781968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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