Focal cortical dysplasia is more common in boys than in girls

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-123

  Ortiz González, Xilma R ^a   Poduri, Annapurna ^b   Roberts, Colin M ^c   Sullivan, Joseph E ^d   Marsh, Eric D ^a   Porter, Brenda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Focal cortical dysplasia; Gender; Pediatric epilepsy; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84873937171     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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