Early destructive lesions in the developing brain: Clinical and electrographic correlates

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 2 B, 2007, Pages 416-422

  Low, Cristiane ^a   Garzon, Eliana ^a   Carrete Jr , Henrique ^a   Vilanova, Luis Celso ^a   Yacubian, Elza Márcia T ^a   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain lesion; Epilepsy; Multicystic encephalopathy; Porencephaly

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORENCEPHALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 34547614612     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000300010     Document Type: Article

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