Malformations of cortical development and epilepsy, part 1: Diagnosis and classification scheme

Reviews in Neurological Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 151-162

  Kuzniecky, Ruben I ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal cortical dysplasia; Hemimegalencephaly; Heterotopia; Lissencephalies; Polymicrogyria; Schizencephaly; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

FILAMIN;

AGYRIA; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARX GENE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOCAL SUBCORTICAL HETEROTOPIA; GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; GLIA CELL; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MICROGYRIA; NODULAR HETEROTOPIA; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 33845931369     PISSN: 15452913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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