Early functional hemispherectomy in hemimegalencephaly associated to refractory epilepsy

Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a rare congenital brain malformation of unknown etiology. Patients with HME can present with an early onset epileptic syndrome which is often refractory to medical treatment and associated to impaired neurological development. Functional hemispherectomy (FH) has proven to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 2004-12, Vol.62 (4), p.1063-1067
Hauptverfasser:	Fonseca, Luiz Fernando, Melo, Renato Pacheco de, Cukiert, Arthur, Burattini, Jose Augusto, Mariani, Pedro Paulo, Brandão, Ródio, Ceda, Lauro, Baldauf, Cristine Mella, Argentoni, Meire, Forster, Cássio, Baise, Carla
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng ; por
Schlagworte:	Brain - abnormalities Brain - surgery Electroencephalography Epilepsy - complications Epilepsy - diagnosis Epilepsy - surgery Hemispherectomy Humans Infant Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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