Pediatric congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome: Clinical and MRI features in 12 patients

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 198-203

  Gropman, Andrea L ^a,c   Barkovich, A J ^b   Vezina, L G ^a   Conry, J A ^a   Dubovsky, E C ^a   Packer, R J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrogryposis; Bilateral perisylvian cortical malformation; Homeobox genes; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome; Polymicrogyria

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROGNATHIA; MICROGYRIA; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PERISYLVIAN SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0030822047     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973700     Document Type: Article

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