Hemimegalencephaly: A study of abnormalities occurring outside the involved hemisphere

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 678-682

  Sato, Noriko ^a   Yagishita, A ^b   Oba, H ^c   Miki, Y ^d   Nakata, Y ^a   Yamashita, F ^e   Nemoto, K ^f   Sugai, K ^a   Sasaki, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f Ibaraki Prefectural Tomobe Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 34247188710     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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