Refractory epilepsy in children with brain tumors. The urgency of neurosurgery

ABSTRACT In order to verify indications for surgery, 27 patients with refractory epileptic seizures and brain tumor, aged up to 19 years at the time of surgery, were studied between 1996 and 2013 and followed up for at least one year. The mean interval between the onset of seizures and the diagnosis...

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Main Authors: Marília Rosa Abtibol Bernardino, Carolina Funayama, Ana Paula Andrade Hamad, Hélio Machado, Américo Sakamoto, Ursula Thome, Vera Cristina Terra, Antonio Carlos dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016001201008&lng=en&tlng=en