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“Epilepsy surgery recipes galore”: in quest for the epileptogenic tuber in tuberous sclerosis complex Volume 11, numéro 1, March 2009

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Pediatric Epilepsy, Epilepsy Center/Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA

Auteur(s) : Ajay Gupta Pediatric Epilepsy, Epilepsy Center/Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA 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 [...]