Infantile spasms: Who are the ideal surgical candidates?

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 94-96

  Chugani, Harry T ^a   Asano, Eishi ^a   Sood, Sandeep ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HYDROXYAMPHETAMINE C 11; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WEST SYNDROME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOXAZOLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 76249112404     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02460.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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