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Epilepsy surgery in tuberous sclerosis: The Dutch experience
INTRODUCTION Epilepsy associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is drug resistant in more than half of the patients. Epilepsy surgery may be an alternative treatment option, if the epileptogenic tuber can be identified reliably and if seizure reduction is not at the expense of cognitive or other functions. We report the pre-surgical identification of the epileptogenic tuber and post-surg...
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Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic disease, the life-long neurological morbidity of which is usually defined early in life, by epilepsy and cognitive delay that typically go hand in hand. Early onset of epilepsy is the one of the important risk factor for continuing seizures and cognitive disability later in life (Curatolo et al. 2008). Early and aggressive treatment of epilepsy is, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2004
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-10-6