Epilepsy surgery in children under 3 years

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 96-106

  Dunkley, C ^b   Kung, J ^a,b   Scott, R C ^a,b,c   Nicolaides, P ^b   Neville, B ^a,b,c   Aylett, S E ^b,c   Harkness, W ^b   Cross, J H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c YOUNG EPILEPSY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Focal seizures; Outcome; Surgery; Young children

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251638522     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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