Contralateral MRI abnormalities in candidates for hemispherectomy for refractory epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 556-563

  Hallbook, Tove ^a   Ruggieri, Paul ^a   Adina, Chirla ^a   Lachhwani, Deepak K ^a   Gupta, Ayaj ^a   Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Bingaman, William E ^a   Wyllie, Elaine ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Epilepsy surgery; Hemispherectomy; MRI; Pediatric; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77951665038     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02335.x     Document Type: Article

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