Dysplasia: A common finding in intractable pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-368

  Porter, B E ^a,b   Judkins, A R ^a   Clancy, R R ^a   Duhaime, A ^a   Dlugos, D J ^a   Golden, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0043126905     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000076487.28227.6E     Document Type: Article

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