Focal cortical dysplasia

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 634-636

  Montenegro, Maria Augusta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 0037388522     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.4.634     Document Type: Review

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