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Bilateral Posterior Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia: A Recognizable Cortical Malformation with a Spectrum of Associated Brain Abnormalities

S.A. Mandelstam, R.J. Leventer, A. Sandow, G. McGillivray, M. van Kogelenberg, R. Guerrini, S. Robertson, S.F. Berkovic, G.D. Jackson and I.E. Scheffer
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2013, 34 (2) 432-438; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3427
S.A. Mandelstam
aFrom the Florey Neurosciences Institute (S.A.M., G.D.J., I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia
bDepartments of Radiology (S.A.M.)
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R.J. Leventer
cNeurology (R.J.L., I.E.S.)
dRoyal Children's Hospital and Department of Paediatrics (R.J.L., I.E.S.), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
fMurdoch Childrens Research Institute (R.J.L., G.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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A. Sandow
eEpilepsy Research Centre (A.S., S.F.B., I.E.S.), Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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G. McGillivray
fMurdoch Childrens Research Institute (R.J.L., G.M.), Melbourne, Australia
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M. van Kogelenberg
gClinical Genetics Group (M.v.K., S.R.), Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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R. Guerrini
hDivision of Child Neurology and Psychiatry (R.G.), University of Pisa and IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy.
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S. Robertson
gClinical Genetics Group (M.v.K., S.R.), Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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S.F. Berkovic
eEpilepsy Research Centre (A.S., S.F.B., I.E.S.), Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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G.D. Jackson
aFrom the Florey Neurosciences Institute (S.A.M., G.D.J., I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia
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I.E. Scheffer
aFrom the Florey Neurosciences Institute (S.A.M., G.D.J., I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia
cNeurology (R.J.L., I.E.S.)
dRoyal Children's Hospital and Department of Paediatrics (R.J.L., I.E.S.), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
eEpilepsy Research Centre (A.S., S.F.B., I.E.S.), Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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Bilateral Posterior Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia: A Recognizable Cortical Malformation with a Spectrum of Associated Brain Abnormalities
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