Epilepsy surgery for early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (ohtahara syndrome)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1607-1617

  Malik, Saleem I ^a   Galliani, Carlos A ^a   Hernandez, Angel W ^a   Donahue, David J ^a  

^a Risk Evaluation to Achieve Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical resection; Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy; epilepsy surgery; Ohtahara syndrome; suppression bursts

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ETIRACETAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TOPIRAMATE; ZONISAMIDE;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEWBORN; OHTAHARA SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC SEIZURE; WAKEFULNESS; INFANT; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 84887962516     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812464395     Document Type: Article

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