Malformations of cortical development: Clinical spectrum in a series of 101 patients and review of the literature (Part I)

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-130

  Güngör, Serdal ^a   Yalnizoǧlu, Dilek ^b   Turanli, Güzide ^b   Saatçi, Işil ^b   Erdoǧan Bakar, Emel ^b   Topçu, Meral ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical course; Epilepsy; Heterotopia; Lissencephaly; Malformations of cortical development; Polymicrogyria; Schizencephaly

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGYRIA; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONSANGUINITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROGYRIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZENCEPHALY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 34548141911     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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