Agenesis of the arcuate fasciculi in congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome: A diffusion tensor imaging and tractography study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-505

  Bernal, Byron ^a,b   Rey, Gustavo ^a,b   Dunoyer, Catalina ^a,b   Shanbhag, Harshad ^a   Altman, Nolan ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCH Brain Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGENESIS; ARCUATE FASCICULI; ARCUATE FASCICULI AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL BILATERAL PERISYLVIAN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 77950888946     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.59     Document Type: Article

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