Corpus callosotomy in a patient with startle epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-79

  Ǵomez, Nicolás Garófalo ^a   Hamad, Ana Paula ^b   Marinho, Murilo ^b   Tavares, Igor M ^b   Carrete, Henrique ^b   Caboclo, Luís Otávio ^b   Yacubian, Elza Maŕcia ^b   Centeno, Ricardo ^b  

^a Neuropediatric Department   (Cuba)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Reflex seizure; Startle epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ATONIC SEIZURE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOTE; ONSET AGE; PARESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; STARTLE EPILEPSY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TONIC SEIZURE;

CALLOSOTOMY; REFLEX SEIZURE; STARTLE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878194768     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2013.0553     Document Type: Note

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