Tracking the source of cerebellar epilepsy: Hemifacial seizures associated with cerebellar cortical dysplasia

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 245-249

  Lascano, Agustina M ^a   Lemkaddem, Alia ^b   Granziera, Cristina ^c   Korff, Christian M ^a   Boex, Colette ^a   Jenny, Benoit ^a   Schmitt Mechelke, Thomas ^d   Thiran, Jean Philippe ^b,c   Garibotto, Valentina ^a   Vargas, Maria Isabel ^a   Schaller, Karl ^a   Seeck, Margitta ^a   Vulliemoz, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion spectrum MRI (DSI); Electric source imaging (ESI); Gangliocytoma; Hemifacial spasms; Subcortical epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR EPILEPSY; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DELTA RHYTHM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASTIC GANGLIOCYTOMA; ELECTRIC SOURCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GAZE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPERVENTILATION; INFANT; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS;

EID: 84878442067     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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