MRI findings reveal three different types of tubers in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1373-1381

  Gallagher, Anne ^a,b   Grant, Ellen P ^b,c   Madan, Neel ^a,b   Jarrett, Delma Y ^b,c   Lyczkowski, David A ^a,b   Thiele, Elizabeth A ^a,b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Carol and James Herscot Center for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain lesion; Epilepsy; MRI signal intensity; TSC mutation; Tuber classification

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955927355     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5535-2     Document Type: Article

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