Sun Ah Choi, Soo Yeon Kim, Woo Joong Kim, Young Kyu Shim, Hunmin Kim, Hee Hwang, Ji Eun Choi, Byung Chan Lim, Jong Hee Chae, Sangjoon Chong, Ji Yeoun Lee, Ji Hoon Phi, Seung Ki Kim, Kyu Chang Wang, Ki Joong Kim
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: This study investigated the seizure recurrence rate and potential predictors of seizure recurrence following antiepileptic drug (AED) withdrawal after resective epilepsy surgery in children with focal cortical dysplasia (FCD). METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the records of 70 children and adolescents with FCD types I, II, and IIIa who underwent resective epilepsy surgery between 2004 and 2015 and were followed for at least 2 years after surgery...
January 2019: Journal of Clinical Neurology