Infantile spasms: I. PET identifies focal cortical dysgenesis in cryptogenic cases for surgical treatment

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 406-413

  Chugani, Harry T ^a,b,c   Shields, W Donald ^a,c   Shewmon, D Alan ^a,c   Olson, Donald M ^a,c   Phelps, Michael E ^a,c   Peacock, Warwick J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEOXY SUGARS; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FEMALE; FLUDEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPASMS, INFANTILE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0025308224     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410270408     Document Type: Article

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