Clinical spectrum of cortical dysplasia in childhood: Diagnosis and treatment issues

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 759-771

  Whiting, Sharon ^a,c   Duchowny, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

AGYRIA; ALEXANDER DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MACROGYRIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY; TERATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME DOMINANT DISORDER;

EID: 0033382304     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901401201     Document Type: Review

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