Cortical dysplasia in surgical pathology of intractable epilepsy

Neuropathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-232

  Arai, N ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Epilepsy; Microdysgenesis; Surgical pathology; Tumor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DYSPLASIA; GLIOMA; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROGYRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0033049434     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.1999.00233.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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