Cortical dysplasia: Neuropathological aspects

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 821-826

  Rickert, Christian H ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balloon cell; Cortical malformation; Dysmorphic neuron; Focal cortical dysplasia; Hamartia; Heterotopia; Microdysgenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CD34 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NESTIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUBERIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THERAPY RESISTANCE;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 33746307556     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0126-3     Document Type: Article

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