title: Temporal Lobe Resections in Children with Epilepsy: Neuropsychiatric Status in Relation to Neuropathology and Seizure Outcome.
abstract: The purpose of this work was to relate clinical neuropsychiatric findings to histopathological diagnoses and seizure outcome in a retrospective study of 16 children undergoing temporal lobe resections due to medically intractable epilepsy. These children constitute a heterogeneous group in which neuropsychiatric symptoms were common. The results of this study indicate a correlation between malformations of cortical development, less chance of seizure freedom, and neuropsychiatric problems in children with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy. It is important to include neuropsychiatric assessments pre- and postoperatively and to inform parents that symptoms of autism spectrum disorders may or may not be improved after epilepsy surgery.
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Danielsson
authors.forename: Bertil
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rydenhag
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Uvebrant
authors.forename: Claes
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nordborg
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Olsson