Neurocysticercosis and microscopic hippocampal dysplasia in a patient with refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 2 A, 2006, Pages 309-313

  Da Silva, Alexandre Valotta ^a   Martins, Heloise Helena ^a   Marques, Carolina Mattos ^a   Targas Yacubian, Elza Marcia ^a   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^a   Carrete Jr , Henrique ^a   Centeno, Ricardo Da Silva ^a   Stavale, João Norberto ^a   Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dysmorphic neurons; Neurocysticercosis; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRANULAR CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL DYSPLASIA; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 33745548156     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000200026     Document Type: Article

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