Epilepsy surgery in tuberous sclerosis: A review

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Evans, Linton T ^a   Morse, Richard ^a   Roberts, David W ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Localization; Outcome; Seizure; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84858591664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.1.FOCUS11330     Document Type: Review

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