Epidermal nevus syndrome: Megalencephaly with bihemispheric and cerebellar involvement: Imaging and neuropathologic correlation

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 534-537

  Abdelhalim, Ahmed N ^a,b   Moritani, Toshio ^a   Richfield, Eric ^a   Ekholm, Sven E ^a   Westesson, Per Lennart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal nevus syndrome; Hemimegalencephaly

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN ABNORMALITIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; EPIDERMAL NEVUS SYNDROME; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; IMAGING FEATURES; SPORADICS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEVUS; NEVUS UNIUS LATERIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0042706380     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200307000-00014     Document Type: Article

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