Predictors of Seizure Outcomes in Children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Intractable Epilepsy Undergoing Resective Epilepsy Surgery: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Fallah, Aria ^a,b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b   Snead III, O Carter ^c,d,e   Ebrahim, Shanil ^b   Ibrahim, George M ^a,e   Mansouri, Alireza ^a   Reddy, Deven ^b   Walter, Stephen D ^b   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a,d   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Banfield, Laura ^b   Bhatnagar, Neera ^b   Liang, Shuli ^f   Teutonico, Federica ^g   Liao, Jianxiang ^h   Rutka, James T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^h SHENZHEN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EEG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; RESECTIVE EPILEPSY SURGERY; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873548352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053565     Document Type: Article

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