Unusual presentation and MRI findings in Rasmussen's syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 839-842

  Koehn, Monica A ^a   Zupanc, Mary L ^b  

^a Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MUSCLE TWITCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032698308     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(99)00091-0     Document Type: Article

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