Bilateral posterior agyria-pachygyria and epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-126

  Caraballo, Roberto Horacio ^a   Cersosimo, Ricardo Oscar ^a   Espeche, Alberto ^a   Fejerman, Natalio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agyria pachygyria; Epilepsy; Refractory seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYGYRIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0037358520     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(02)00100-6     Document Type: Article

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