Epilepsy Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , November 2009

Hemispherectomy-associated complications from the Kids’ Inpatient Database

  • Mohamad Z. Koubeissi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-5040, USA. Tel.: +1 216 844 1764; fax: +1 216 983 3153.
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  • Tanvir U. Syed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Ishtiaq Syed

      Affiliations

    • Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
    • ,
  • James Jordan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • Amer Alshekhlee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • Eric H. Kossoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA

Received 7 December 2008 ,Revised 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 24 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.07.008

Epilepsy Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , November 2009

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