Epilepsy in patients with spastic cerebral palsy: Correlation with MRI findings at 5 years of age

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 540-543

  Okumura, Akihisa ^a,b   Hayakawa, Fumio ^c   Kato, Toru ^b   Kuno, Kuniyoshi ^b   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Daini Aoitori Gakuen Aichi Pref H ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE SPASTICITY;

EID: 0032722013     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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