Surgical outcomes for intractable epilepsy in children with epileptic spasms

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 713-720

  Moseley, Brian D ^a   Nickels, Katherine ^a   Wirrell, Elaine C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

epilepsy surgery; epileptic spasms; infantile spasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LOBECTOMY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861328187     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811424463     Document Type: Article

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