Malformations of neocortical development: Magnetic resonance imaging correlates

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-121

  Barkovich, A James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029922716     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199604000-00011     Document Type: Short Survey

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