Hemimegalencephaly: Part 2. Neuropathology suggests a disorder of cellular lineage

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 776-785

  Flores Sarnat, Laura ^a   Sarnat, Harvey B ^a   Dávila Gutiérrez, Guillermo ^b   Álvarez, Antonio ^c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^c Pathology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HAMARTOMA; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0346882728     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180111101     Document Type: Article

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