Epilepsy Surgery in Children Under Three Years of Age

Hannah Kristen Weiss; S. Kathleen Bandt

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-33-3

Epilepsy Surgery in Children Under Three Years of Age

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 33 (2019): Issue 0

By: Hannah Kristen Weiss and S. Kathleen Bandt

Open Access

|Dec 2019

Abstract

Investigators from the University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Epilepsy Centre Kork, University of Freiburg, University Children’s Hospital Heidelberg, Goethe University, and University Children’s Hospital Zürich investigated seizure occurrence and cognitive development following epilepsy surgery by retrospectively studying 48 children under the age of three.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-33-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 3 - 3

Submitted on: Dec 1, 2018

Accepted on: Mar 1, 2019

Published on: Dec 31, 2019

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Refractory Epilepsy,

Development,

Children,

Focal Cortical Dysplasia,

Hemispherotomy,

Multi-lobectomy

© 2019 Hannah Kristen Weiss, S. Kathleen Bandt, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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