Surgical treatment for localization-related infantile spasms: Excellent long-term outcomes

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-217

  Yum, Mi Sun ^a   Ko, Tae Sung ^a   Lee, Jung Kyo ^a   Hong, Seokho ^a   Kim, Deok Soo ^b   Kim, Jeongho ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dr Kim's Pediatric Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Follow up; Infantile spasms; Long term; Symptomatic

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATIENT MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 79952283484     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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