Best cases from the AFIP: Hemimegalencephaly

Radiographics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 843-848

  Broumandi, David D ^a   Hayward, Ulrike M ^a   Benzian, James M ^a   Gonzalez, Ignacio ^b   Nelson, Marvin D ^b  

^a SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, abnormalities, 10.144; Brain, enlarged, 10.144; Brain, volume, 10.144

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 2542576948     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.243035135     Document Type: Article

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