Disproportion of cerebral surface areas and volumes in cerebral dysgenesis. MRI-based evidence for connectional abnormalities

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 271-281

  Sisodiya, S M ^a,b   Free, S L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain measurement; Cerebral dysgenesis; Connectivity; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MACROGYRIA; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031025404     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.2.271     Document Type: Article

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