Low grade astrocytoma in the medial part of the frontal lobe manifesting as paroxysmal speech disturbance - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-188

  Takano, Shingo ^a   Maruno, Tooru ^a   Shibata, Yasushi ^a   Yanaka, Kiyoyuki ^a   Shirai, Shizuo ^a  

^a University of Tsukuba   (Japan)

Author keywords

astrocytoma; speech arrest; supplementary motor area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH;

EID: 0029924219     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.185     Document Type: Article

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