Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 147-152 , April 2010

Malformations of cortical development (MCDs) and epilepsy: Experience from a tertiary care center in south India

  • Thomas Mathew

      Affiliations

    • St. Johns's Medical College & Hospital, Bangalore, India
    • ,
  • Subbamma Govindappa Srikanth

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India
    • ,
  • P. Satishchandra

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 80 2699 5150/2699 5142; fax: +91 80 2656 4830/2657 6969.

Received 15 July 2009 ,Revised 18 December 2009 ,Accepted 7 January 2010.

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PII: S1059-1311(10)00006-3

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.01.005

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 147-152 , April 2010

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