Characteristics of prolonged afterdischarges in children with malformations of cortical development

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-253

  Chitoku, Shiro ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a   Harada, Yu ^a   Jay, Venita ^a   Rutka, James T ^a   Weiss, Shelly K ^a   Elliott, Irene ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Kitayama, Masaomi ^a   Snead III, O Carter ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERDISCHARGE; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DURA MATER; DYSPLASIA; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038628833     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180041101     Document Type: Article

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