Hereditary cerebral cavernous angiomas: Presentation as idiopathic familial epilepsy

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 56-58

  Coghlan, David ^a   Lynch, B ^a   Allcutt, D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; VASODILATATION;

BRAIN; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0036300733     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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