Encephalofacial angiomatosis sparing the occipital lobe and without facial nevus: On the spectrum of Sturge-Weber syndrome variants?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-38

  Comi, Anne M ^a   Fischer, Richard ^b   Kossoff, Eric H ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PROPRANOLOL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; ECTODERM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; NEVUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0346664423     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180010601     Document Type: Article

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