Cause matters: A neuropathological challenge to human epilepsies

Brain Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-349

  Blümcke, Ingmar ^a   Spreafico, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Dysplasia; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Neuropathology; Tumor

Indexed keywords

EVEROLIMUS;

BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

BRAIN; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84859802307     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2012.00584.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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