Intrinsic epileptogenicity of cortical tubers revealed by intracranial EEG monitoring

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2249-2257

  Mohamed, Ahmad R ^a   Bailey, Catherine A ^a   Freeman, Jeremy L ^a   Maixner, Wirginia ^a,b   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,c   Harvey, A Simon ^a,d  

^a Departments of Neurology   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84871289512     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182768923     Document Type: Article

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