Are breaches in the glia limitans the primary cause of the micropolygyria in Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD)? - Pathological study of the cerebral cortex of an FCDM fetus

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-321

  Nakano, Imaharu ^a   Funahashi, Masuko ^b   Takada, Kuniyasu ^a   Toda, Tatsushi ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Children's Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breaches in glia limitans; Cerebrocortical pathology; Electron microscopy; Fetus; Fukuyama type congential muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FETUS; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROGYRIA; MICROSCOPY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; FETUS; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 0030031292     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050431     Document Type: Article

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