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Abstract
Abnormal, non-neoplastic cell proliferation of the CEREBRAL CORTEX confined to an area in any lobe. Focal cortical dysplasia in the temporal lobe is associated with TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY.
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- Cortical Dysplasia, Focal
- Dysplasia, Focal Cortical
- Focal Cortical Dysplasias
- Taylor Dysplasia
- Taylor Focal Cortical Dysplasia
- Taylor's FCD
- Dysplasia, Taylor
- FCD, Taylor's
- Taylor FCD
- Taylors FCD
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2023
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- Malformations of Cortical Development (2007-2022)
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- National Library of Medicine. Focal Cortical Dysplasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000092222. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000092222
- Focal Cortical Dysplasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_cortical_dysplasia
- Focal Cortical Dysplasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316942