Pathologic features of dysplasia and accompanying alterations observed in surgical specimens from patients with intractable epilepsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-350

  Kakita, Akiyoshi ^a   Kameyama, Shigeki ^b   Hayashi, Shintaro ^a   Masuda, Hiroshi ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DEMYELINATION; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GIANT NERVE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROSURGERY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; SATELLITE CELL; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 20044366000     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738050200041301     Document Type: Article

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