Neuronal migrational disorders in children with epilepsy: MRI, interictal SPECT and EEG comparisons

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-279

  Iannetti, Paola ^a   Spalice, Alberto ^a   Atzei, Giampiero ^b   Boemi, Sergio ^b   Trasimeni, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical dysgenesis; EEG; MRI; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CELL MIGRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYGYRIA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030198456     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(96)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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