Commentary on the new ILAE classification system for focal cortical dysplasias

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-220

  Marucci, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SWELLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84855454911     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03321.x     Document Type: Letter

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