A neuropathological, stereo-EEG, and MRI study of subcortical band heterotopia

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1834-1838

  Mai, R ^a   Tassi, L ^a   Cossu, M ^a   Francione, S ^a   Lo Russo, G ^a   Garbelli, R ^b   Ferrario, A ^b   Galli, C ^a   Taroni, F ^b   Citterio, A ^a   Spreafico, Roberto ^b  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRODE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SUBCORTICAL BAND HETEROTOPIA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 10744231061     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000065884.61237.24     Document Type: Article

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