Lower motor neuron involvement in perisylvian polymicrogyria

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 842-846

  Clark, Maria ^a   Pitt, Matthew ^a   Neville, Brian G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BILATERAL PERISYLVIAN POLYMICROGYRIA SYNDROME; CONTRACTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROGYRIA; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PES EQUINOVARUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEAKNESS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33748890848     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001800     Document Type: Article

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