Outcome after extended callosal section in patients with primary idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1377-1380

  Cukiert, Arthur ^a   Burattini, Jose Augusto ^a   Mariani, Pedro Paulo ^a   Cukiert, Cristine Mella ^a   Argentoni Baldochi, Meire ^a   Baise Zung, Carla ^a   Forster, Cássio Roberto ^a   Mello, Valeria Antakli ^a  

^a HOSPITAL BRIGADEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Generalized epilepsy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849131560     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01875.x     Document Type: Article

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