Epilepsy surgery following brain tumor resection in children: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-234

  Tian, Ashley G ^a   Edwards, Michael S B ^a   Williams, Nicole J ^a   Olson, Donald M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Electrocorticography; Epilepsy surgery; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPENDYMOMA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TERATOMA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952915838     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.12.PEDS10293     Document Type: Article

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