Quantitative analysis of cerebral cortical atrophy and correlation with clinical severity in unilateral Sturge-Weber syndrome

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 867-870

  Kelley, Thomas M ^a   Hatfield, Laura A ^a   Lin, Doris D M ^a   Comi, Anne M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 31144477762     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738050200110201     Document Type: Article

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