Localization of epileptic foci in children with intractable epilepsy secondary to multiple cortical tubers by using synthetic aperture magnetometry kurtosis: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 515-522

  Sugiyama, Ichiro ^a   Imai, Katsumi ^a   Yamaguchi, Yu ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Akizuki, Yoko ^a   Go, Cristina ^a   Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Snead III, O Carter ^a   Rutka, James T ^a   Drake, James M ^a   Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Chuang, Sylvester H ^a   Cheyne, Doug ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Equivalent current dipole; Intractable epilepsy; Magnetoencephalography; Synthetic aperture magnetometry kurtosis; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE MAGNETOMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE MAGNETOMETRY KURTOSIS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INFANT; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETICS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 73349085936     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.PEDS09198     Document Type: Article

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