Clinical findings of the phakomatoses: Sturge-Weber syndrome
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Unusual findings in Sturge-Weber syndrome.
Sturge-Weber syndrome is a neurocutaneous condition characterized by nevus of the face in the territory of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve on the same side as the cerebral lesion, intracranial calcifications , convulsive disorders, glaucoma, hemiparesis, hemiatrophy, and mental deficiency. In 1987, Chaudary and Brudnicki (1] described a case of Sturge-Weber syndrome in which intra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000197789.72780.a9