Hamartomas in the setting of chronic epilepsy: A clinicopathologic study of 13 cases

Human Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-232

  Volk, Emily E ^a   Prayson, Richard A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical dysplasia; epilepsy; hamartoma; MIB 1 antibody

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031031271     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(97)90111-8     Document Type: Article

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