The surgical treatment of Landau-Kleffner syndrome

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2009, Pages 63-67

  Cross, J Helen ^a,b   Neville, Brian G R ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epilepsy; Landau Kleffner syndrome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGNOSIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PIA MATER; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68149124558     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02223.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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