Abstract

Twenty-two (6%) patients, ages 5 to 57 years, had developed seizures among 359 attending a neurofibromatosis clinic at the Dept of Neurology, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Med School, Boston.

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  • SEIZURES AND NEUROFIBROMATOSIS I Twenty-two (6%) patients, ages 5 to 57 years, had developed seizures among 359 attending a neurofibromatosis clinic at the Dept of Neurology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Med School, Boston

  • Results of surgery for epilepsy due to cortical dysplasia (CD) are reviewed in 17 patients treated at the Maudsley Hospital, London (Hirabayashi S et al I Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry July 1993:56:765)

  • The use of MRI and PET should improve the identification of CD patients amenable to surgery

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SEIZURES AND NEUROFIBROMATOSIS I Twenty-two (6%) patients, ages 5 to 57 years, had developed seizures among 359 attending a neurofibromatosis clinic at the Dept of Neurology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Med School, Boston. EPILEPSY SURGERY AND TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS The results of operation for treatment of epilepsy in 5 male and 4 female patients with tuberous sclerosis (TSC) in a 5-year period from 1986-1990 are reported from the Mayo Clinic. (Reprints: Dr MR Gomez, Dept of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, First St, SW, Rochester, MN 55905).

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