Supratentorial cavernous haemangiomas and epilepsy: A review of the literature and case series

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 561-568

  Moran, N F ^a   Fish, D R ^a   Kitchen, N ^a   Shorvon, S ^a   Kendall, B E ^a   Stevens, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavernous haemangioma epilepsy; Haemorrhage; Magnetic resonance imaging; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 0032940399     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.5.561     Document Type: Review

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