Cortical Dysgenesis and Infantile Spasms: PET Studies

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-4-4-8

Keywords:

Cortical Dysgenesis, Positron Emission Tomography, Infantile Spasms

Abstract

The identification of focal cortical dysgenesis by positron emission tomography (PET) in 5 of 13 children with cryptogenic infantile spasms is reported from the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics and Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

Published

1990-04-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders