Palliative epilepsy surgery in Dravet syndrome—case series and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1703-1708

  Dlouhy, Brian J ^a,b   Miller, Brandon ^a,c   Jeong, Anna ^d   Bertrand, Mary E ^d   Limbrick, David D ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosotomy; Dravet syndrome; Seizure; SUDEP; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84979979835     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-016-3201-4     Document Type: Article

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