Cesare Lombroso, cortical dysplasia, and epilepsy: Keen findings and odd theories

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1412-1416

  Chiò, Adriano ^a,d   Spreafico, R ^c   Avanzini, G ^c   Ghiglione, P ^a   Vercellino, M ^a   Mutani, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^d Department of Neuroscience ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; APICAL MEMBRANE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL COUNT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLIOSIS; GRANULAR CELL; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; TAYLOR DYSPLASIA; THEORY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0345305696     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000094383.65150.07     Document Type: Review

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