Accelerated myelination with motor system involvement in a neonate with immediate postnatal onset of seizures and hemimegalencephaly

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 391-394

  Goldsberry, Grant ^a   Mitra, Dipayan ^b   MacDonald, David ^c   Patay, Zoltan ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated myelination; Epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neonatal seizures; Neuroradiology; Pyramidal tract myelination

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR SYSTEM; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MYELIN SHEATH; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SEIZURES;

EID: 80053383235     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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