Histopathology of cortex and white matter in pediatric epileptic spasms: Comparison with those of partial seizures

Brain and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-123

  Inage, Yukiko ^a   Halliday, William C ^a   Go, Cristina ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Akiyama, Mari ^a   Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epileptic spasms; Histopathology; Hyaline proteoplasmic astrocytopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multilobar epileptogenic zones; Partial seizures; Subcortical epilepsy; Subcortical white matter; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE PROTEOPLASMIC ASTROCYTOPATHY; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CRYSTALLINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PEDIATRICS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASM; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84855591585     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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