Severe epilepsy and pachygyria associated with peculiar facial traits characterize Fryns-Aftimos syndrome

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-163

  Valente, Kette D ^a,b   de Vincentiis, Silvia ^a   Thomé Souza, Sigride ^a   Valente, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FRONTAL LOBE; FRYNS AFTIMOS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYGYRIA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 16844381199     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738050200021901     Document Type: Article

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