Long-term outcome after callosotomy or vagus nerve stimulation in consecutive prospective cohorts of children with Lennox-Gastaut or Lennox-like syndrome and non-specific MRI findings

Seizure

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 396-400

  Cukiert, Arthur ^a   Cukiert, Cristine M ^a   Burattini, Jose A ^a   Lima, Alessandra M ^a   Forster, Cassio R ^a   Baise, Carla ^a   Argentoni Baldochi, Meire ^a  

^a Epilepsy Surgery Program   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Generalised epilepsy; Outcome; VNS

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSTOMY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84877078591     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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