Seizure-free and neuropsychological outcomes after temporal lobectomy with amygdalohippocampectomy in pediatric patients with hippocampal sclerosis: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-107

  Vadera, Sumeet ^a   Shettry, Varun R K ^a   Klaas, Patricia ^a   Bingaman, William ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy; Epilepsy; Hippocampal sclerosis; Neuropsychology; Pediatric; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864540320     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.4.PEDS1233     Document Type: Article

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