Epileptic features of patients with unilateral and bilateral schizencephaly

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 757-760

  Lopes, Camila F ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a   Piovesana, Ana Maria S G ^b   Torres, Fábio ^a   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a   Montenegro, Maria Augusta ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROCEPHALY; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PARESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33750718518     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210090501     Document Type: Article

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