Medically intractable epilepsy in Sturge-Weber syndrome is associated with cortical malformation: Implications for surgical therapy

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-267

  Maton, Bruno ^a   Kršek, Pavel ^b   Jayakar, Prasanna ^a   Resnick, Trevor ^a,c   Koehn, Monica ^d   Morrison, Glenn ^a,c   Ragheb, John ^a,c   Castellano Sanchez, Amilcar ^a   Duchowny, Michael ^a,b  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Epilepsy; Polymicrogyria; Sturge Weber syndrome; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75649106459     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02304.x     Document Type: Article

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