Extraventricular neurocytoma with ganglionic differentiation associated with complex partial seizures

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 724-727

  Tortori Donati, Paolo ^a   Fondelli, Maria Paola ^b   Rossi, Andrea ^c   Cama, Armando ^a   Brisigotti, Massimo ^b   Pellicanò, Giannantonio ^b  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROCYTOMA; NEUROGLIA; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033366683     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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