Pathophysiology of Sturge-Weber syndrome

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 509-516

  Comi, Anne M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBRYOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; EYE MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; SOMATIC MUTATION; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; THEORY;

EID: 0041382226     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180080701     Document Type: Review

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