Extratemporal, nonlesional epilepsy in children: Postsurgical clinical and neurocognitive outcomes

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-188

  Dorward, Ian G ^a,b   Titus, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Limbrick, David D ^a,b   Johnston, James M ^a,b   Bertrand, Mary E ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocorticography; Engel class outcome; Epilepsy surgery; Invasive subdural electrode monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551700858     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.PEDS10265     Document Type: Article

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