Neuroimaging of focal malformations of cortical development

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 481-494

  James Barkovich, A ^a   Kuzniecky, Ruben I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortical dysgenesis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Neocortical epilepsy; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8044256494     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199611000-00003     Document Type: Review

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