Longitudinal analyses of the surgical outcomes of pediatric epilepsy patients with focal cortical dysplasia: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-56

  Ji, Hoon Phi ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a   Ji, Yeoun Lee ^a   Yong, Seung Hwang ^a   Ki, Joong Kim ^a   Chae, Jong Hee ^a   Kim, In One ^a   Park, Sung Hye ^a   Kim, Seung Ki ^a  

^a Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Focal cortical dysplasia; Outcome; Pediatric epilepsy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77954357212     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.PEDS09497     Document Type: Article

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