Unilateral polymicrogyria with ipsilateral cerebral hemiatrophy: A distinct syndrome?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-76

  Kuchukhidze, G ^a   Unterberger, I ^a   Dobesberger, J ^a   Embacher, N ^a   Walser, G ^a   Luef, G ^a   Koppelstaetter, F ^a   Gotwald, Th ^a   Bauer, G ^a   Felber, S T ^a   Trinka, Eugen ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemiatrophy; Epilepsy; Malformation of cortical development; Mental retardation; Polymicrogyria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROGYRIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARESIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33947143029     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2007.0065     Document Type: Article

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