Pattern of childhood epilepsies with neuronal migrational disorders in Oman

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 945-949

  Koul, Roshan ^a   Jain, Rajeev ^a   Chacko, Alexander ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEREDITY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MICROGYRIA; MIXED SEIZURE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMAN; PACHYGYRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZENCEPHALY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

BRAIN; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; OMAN; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 33846322504     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210110901     Document Type: Article

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