Repeated seizures induce prefrontal growth disturbance in frontal lobe epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-180

  Kanemura, Hideaki ^a   Sano, Fumikazu ^a   Tando, Tomoko ^a   Sugita, Kanji ^a   Aihara, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Brain volumetry; Frontal lobe dysfunction; Frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE); Repeated seizures

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN GROWTH; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEIZURES;

EID: 84856969469     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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