Hemimegalencephaly in a Patient With a Neurocutaneous Syndrome

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 190-193

  Chapman, Kevin ^a   Cardenas, Javier F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAKOMATOSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES;

EID: 57349171369     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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