Sturge-Weber syndrome: A report of 14 cases

Mental Illness

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Parisi, Lucia ^a   Di Filippo, Teresa ^a   La Grutta, Sabina ^a   Lo Baido, Rosa ^a   Epifanio, Maria Stella ^a   Esposito, Maria ^b   Carotenuto, Marco ^b   Roccella, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encephalotrigeminalangiomatosis; Epilepsy; Neu rocutaneous syndrome; Sturge Weber syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEVUS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEIZURE; SELF CONCEPT; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84885362989     PISSN: 20367457     EISSN: 20367465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/mi.2013.e7     Document Type: Article

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