Brain tumors in patients with intractable epilepsy: A clinicopatholoeic study of 35 cases

Chinese Journal of Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Sun, Fu Kai ^a   Piao, Yue Shan ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Wei, Li Feng ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Lu, De Hong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Cerebral cortex; Epilepsy; Focal cortical dysplasia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449085473     PISSN: 05295807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5807.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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