Neuropathologic measurements in focal cortical dysplasias: Validation of the ILAE 2011 classification system and diagnostic implications for MRI

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-272

  Mühlebner, Angelika ^a,b   Coras, Roland ^a   Kobow, Katja ^a   Feucht, Martha ^b   Czech, Thomas ^b   Stefan, Hermann ^a   Weigel, Daniel ^a   Buchfelder, Michael ^a   Holthausen, Hans ^c   Pieper, Tom ^c   Kudernatsch, Manfred ^c   Blümcke, Ingmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Schoen Klinik Vogtareuth   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Malformations; MRI; Neocortex; Neuropathology; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DENSITY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HETEROTOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857032036     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-011-0920-1     Document Type: Article

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