Merosin-negative congenital muscular dystrophy, occipital epilepsy with periodic spasms and focal cortical dysplasia. Report of three Italian cases in two families

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 316-322

  Pini, Antonella ^a   Merlini, Luciano ^b   Tomé, Fernando M S ^c   Chevallay, Martine ^c   Gobbi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital muscular dystrophy; Cortical dysplasia; Epileptic spasm; Mierosin deficiency

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0011816003     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(96)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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