Aicardi syndrome: A morphologic description with particular reference to intracytoplasmic inclusions in cortical astrocytes

Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-292

  Buchino, John J ^a   Nicol, Kathleen K ^a   Parker Jr , Joseph C ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

agenesis of corpus callosum; Aicardi syndrome; astrocytic inclusions

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; AICARDI SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030000476     PISSN: 10771042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/107710496175769     Document Type: Article

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