Hemimegalencephaly: A fetal case with neuropathological confirmation and review of the literature

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-130

  Manoranjan, Branavan ^a   Provias, John P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital brain malformation; Cortical development; Fetal autopsy; Fetal brain; Fetal hemimegalencephaly

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; FATAL OUTCOME; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEURONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77953828201     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-010-0663-4     Document Type: Article

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