Intractable epilepsy in hemimegalencephaly and tuberous sclerosis complex

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-84

  Guerra, Maria P ^a   Cavalleri, Francesca ^a   Migone, Nicola ^b   Lugli, Licia ^a   Delalande, Olivier ^c   Cavazzuti, Giovanni B ^a   Ferrari, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Unite de Neurochirurgie Pediatrique and Chirurgie de l'Epilepsie   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hemimegalencephaly; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TUBERIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; HAMARTOMA; HEART TUMOR; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 34249857163     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807299960     Document Type: Article

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