Histopathologic findings of malformations of cortical development in an epilepsy surgery cohort

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1163-1168

  Morris III, E Brannon ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^b   Buchhalter, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; STAINING; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 33746664239     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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