MMMM syndrome (macrocephaly, megalocornea, motor and mental retardation) and refractory epilepsy;Síndrome MMMM (macrocefalia, megalocórnea, retardo mental e motor) e epilepsia refratária

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 642-644

  de Mattos, Adriana Marques ^a   Marques, Aluisio Dias ^a   Parrela, Carla Patrícia Oliveira ^a   Fish, Josephine Marie da Cunha ^a   Artigalas, Osvaldo Alfonso Pinto ^a   Ranzan, Josiane ^a   Winkcler, Maria Isabel Bragatti ^a   Ohlweiler, Lygia ^a   Riesgo, Rudimar dos Santos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MACROCEPHALY, MEGALOCORNEA, MOTOR AND MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77957291452     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2010000400030     Document Type: Letter

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