Giant subcortical heterotopia involving the temporo-parieto-occipital region: A challenging cause of drug-resistant epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-94

  Novegno, Federica ^a   Battaglia, Domenica ^a   Chieffo, Daniela ^a   Frassanito, Paolo ^a   Leoni, Chiara ^a   Tamburrini, Gianpiero ^a   Massimi, Luca ^a   Tartaglione, Tommaso ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^a   Guzzetta, Francesco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive delay; Drug resistant epilepsy; Infancy; Subcortical heterotopia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; ETOMIDATE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SUBCORTICAL HETEROTOPIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLASSICAL LISSENCEPHALIES AND SUBCORTICAL BAND HETEROTOPIAS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350393606     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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