Interictal hyperperfusion observed in infants with cortical dysgenesis

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 407-412

  Maehara, Taketoshi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a   Yagishita, Akira ^a   Kaito, Nobuyoshi ^a   Oda, Masaya ^a   Arai, Nobutaka ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Focal cortical dysplasia; Hemimegalencephaly; Infant; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

IOFETAMINE I 123;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032814568     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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