Posterior quadrantic dysplasia or hemi-hemimegalencephaly: A characteristic brain malformation

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2214-2220

  D'Agostino, M D ^a   Bastos, A ^a   Piras, C ^a   Bernasconi, A ^a   Grisar, T ^b   Tsur, V Gross ^c   Snipes, J ^a   Juhasz, C ^d   Chugani, H ^d   Guerrini, R ^e   Cross, H ^f   Andermann, E ^a   Dubeau, F ^a   Montes, J ^g   Olivier, A ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a,g,h  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h 3801 University   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR QUADRANTIC DYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 2942733415     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000130459.91445.91     Document Type: Article

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