Spectrum of congenital CNS malformations in pediatric epilepsy

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 831-838

  Sanghvi, Jagruti P ^a,c   Rajadhyaksha, Surekha B ^a   Ursekar, Meher ^b  

^a B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

^b BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^c 501 Gresil Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

CNS malformations; EEG; Epilepsy; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYGYRIA; PHAKOMATOSIS; SCHIZENCEPHALY;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 4344657791     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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