Bilateral periventricular and subcortical heterotopia in a man with refractory epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 352-354

  Sisodiya, S M ^a,b   Free, S L ^a   Duncan, J S ^a   Stevens, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain malformation; Epilepsy; Heterotopia; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENE; HETEROTOPIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034008178     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00167.x     Document Type: Article

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